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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Harmonica Frank -1951," who is the "latest Ahab"?
(a) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(b) Huck Finn.
(c) Bob Dylan.
(d) Harmonica Frank.

2. What was on the cover of Riot?
(a) An American flag with flowers for stars.
(b) Sly wearing a zoot suit.
(c) A gun.
(d) Water.

3. In "The Band," what problem does Marcus reveal about The Band's sense of community?
(a) They had a false sense of community.
(b) They are isolationists.
(c) They lose themselves in each other.
(d) They struggle to live in it.

4. What was the original name of the Band in the early sixties?
(a) The Beatles.
(b) Robbie and the Rockers.
(c) The Hawks.
(d) The Bush Beaters.

5. Who said "This is the mystery of democracy . . . that its richest fruits spring up out of souls which no man has prepared and in circumstances where they are least expected"?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Elvis Presley.
(c) Woodrow Wilson.
(d) Greil Marcus.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Marcus in "Sly Stone," what two words make the song "Poet" poetry?

2. How did Marcus feel when Elvis was drafted?

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

4. Who wrote: "You run without moving from a terror in which you cannot believe"?

5. Who is the main character in the song "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"?

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