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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Harmonica Frank - 1951.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the television show that Greil Marcus uses as an example in the Prologue?
(a) The Dick Cavett Show.
(b) The Late Show.
(c) Donny Carson's Show.
(d) The Dick Clark Show.

2. According to Marcus, what do popular artists do for people?
(a) Create a community.
(b) Isolate them from people who dislike their music.
(c) Speak for them.
(d) Take away fear and pain.

3. What does Marcus say each performer he will discuss in the book attempts to do?
(a) Entertain.
(b) Redefine love.
(c) Create oneself.
(d) Make music for money.

4. Who said "If I could find a white man who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel . . . I could make a billion dollars"?
(a) Sam Phillips.
(b) Carl Perkins.
(c) Greil Marcus.
(d) Harmonica Frank.

5. Why does Marcus believe it is important to study the stories of some performers even if the book does not encompass everything?
(a) It is fun.
(b) The truth needs to be told.
(c) It is a glimpse of the future.
(d) The story matters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is American culture built on according to Marcus?

2. According to the Prologue, why are Harmonica Frank and Robert Johnson included in Mystery Train?

3. Who said "If you have a mother-in-law with only one eye, and that eye is in the middle of her forehead, you don't keep her in the living room"?

4. What book is being discussed on the television show sketch used in the Prologue?

5. How did Harmonica Frank get his name?

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