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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Band - Pilgrims' Progress (Comprising sections Introduction through Crossing the Border).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Prologue, Marcus says that the music he will discuss dramatizes what?
(a) Life in the projects.
(b) What it means to be American.
(c) The racial tensions of the time.
(d) The war.

2. What is American culture built on according to Marcus?
(a) History.
(b) Myths.
(c) Careers.
(d) Deception.

3. Who wrote Why Are We in Vietnam?
(a) Erich Segal.
(b) Lyndon Johnson.
(c) Harmonica Frank.
(d) Norman Mailer.

4. What religious group does Marcus compare blues singers to in "Robert Johnson -1938"?
(a) Voodoo.
(b) Satanists.
(c) Puritans.
(d) Catholics.

5. In "Robert Johnson - 1938," why do some of Robert Johnson's contemporaries say that Johnson sold his soul to the devil?
(a) He practiced voodoo.
(b) He learned to play the blues quickly.
(c) He bragged about it in his songs.
(d) He began speaking in tongues.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Marcus in "Robert Johnson -1938," what is the only way to quiet Johnson's song "Stones in My Passway"?

2. According to Marcus in "Harmonica Frank -1951," what do both Ahab and Huck have in common?

3. In "Harmonica Frank -1951," who is the "latest Ahab"?

4. Which of the following performers will NOT be discussed in Mystery Train?

5. Who interrupts the fight over the book in the Prologue?

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