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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Marcus claim puts the pieces together to find meaning in the music?
(a) The audience.
(b) Artists.
(c) Rock 'n' rollers.
(d) The critic.

2. From what song does Marcus quote to introduce the chapter "Robert Johnson -1938"?
(a) "Rip It Up."
(b) "Love in Vain."
(c) "All Shook Up."
(d) "Me and the Devil Blues."

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

4. According to Marcus in "Harmonica Frank -1951," whose music caught the spirit and sound of Harmonica Frank and made it popular?
(a) Elvis Presley.
(b) Bob Dylan.
(c) Little Richard.
(d) Sam Phillips.

5. The song "We Can Talk About It Now" creates what kind of image?
(a) A broken heart.
(b) Homecoming.
(c) The country at its best.
(d) The country at its worst.

6. In "Harmonica Frank -1951," what song does Marcus say "set the stage for rock 'n' roll"?
(a) "Mixed-Up Confusion."
(b) "Howling Tomcat."
(c) "Up on Cripple Creek."
(d) "Rockin' Chair Daddy."

7. With whom is Carmen walking in the song "To Kingdom Come"?
(a) The devil.
(b) Robbie Robertson.
(c) Robert Johnson.
(d) The worried man.

8. 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) Harmonica Frank.
(c) Carl Perkins.
(d) Greil Marcus.

9. According to the critics Marcus references in "The Band," who was Robbie Robertson's "foil"?
(a) Robert Manuel.
(b) The Band.
(c) The audience.
(d) The manager.

10. According to Marcus in "The Band," what is the storyteller in the second album?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Settler.
(c) Jokester.
(d) Murderer.

11. In "The Band," what is Marcus' "sentimental favorite" American motto?
(a) "Don't tread on me."
(b) "Peace."
(c) "Give me liberty or give me death."
(d) "We must all hang together, or we shall all hang separately."

12. In "The Band," what does Marcus point to as the reason that The Band had the influences of many different bands and yet had an original sound?
(a) They stole from the best and pieced it together.
(b) They were musical geniuses.
(c) They were inheritors of rock 'n' roll.
(d) They studied under many different bands.

13. In "Harmonica Frank -1951," Marcus claims that Phillips was looking for music to do what?
(a) Anger people.
(b) Affirm traditional roles.
(c) Confuse things.
(d) Start a revolution.

14. What does Marcus claim in "The Band" is not community?
(a) The Band.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Family.
(d) America.

15. How does Marcus define a band in "The Band"?
(a) Individuals playing music together.
(b) A singer, a drummer, and at least one guitarist.
(c) A group of people who have been together for a long time.
(d) Individuals working together to achieve something they cannot on their own.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did the Band play from 1965 to 1966, helping him and themselves to improve and gain popularity?

2. What is the name of The Band's second album?

3. According to Marcus in "Robert Johnson -1938," what is the American struggle?

4. What is the last number on The Band album?

5. What does Marcus name the storyteller from The Band's lyrics?

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