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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who became king of Ethiopia, granting Garvey renown and fame for predicting it in America and Jamaica?
(a) Haile Selassie.
(b) Peter Tosh.
(c) Asfa Wossen.
(d) Bob Marley.

2. What is the name of the "Black Man's Bible" of Rastafarianism?
(a) Koran.
(b) The Holy Piby.
(c) Torah.
(d) King James Bible.

3. Who was thought to be a prophet for the African people?
(a) Prophet Gad.
(b) Jim Morrison.
(c) Ras Tafari.
(d) Asfa Wossen.

4. Who was Ras Tafari born to?
(a) Haile Selassie.
(b) Ras Makonnen.
(c) Bob Marley.
(d) Asfa Wossen.

5. Who wrote to Cedella inviting Bob to Kingston?
(a) Omeriah Malcolm.
(b) Toddy Livingston.
(c) Peter Tosh.
(d) Captain Marley.

6. Who was seen as a man who had the capacity to repel evil by many people in the Third World?
(a) Asfa Wossen.
(b) Haile Selassie.
(c) Bob Marley.
(d) Peter Tosh.

7. Who formed a group called the Soulettes?
(a) Bunny Livingston.
(b) Cedella Marley.
(c) Rita Anderson.
(d) Pearl Malcolm.

8. What did Marley witness that shattered his illusions of grandeur with the African people?
(a) The people fighting amongst themselves.
(b) Nothing shatters his illusions of grandeur with the African people.
(c) African police beating their own people.
(d) Their emaciated forms.

9. What did Bob receive for cutting his first recording?
(a) Five dollars.
(b) A record deal.
(c) More studio time.
(d) A free record.

10. Where did Bob Marley grow up?
(a) In Wilmington, Delaware.
(b) In Kingston, Jamaica.
(c) In Nine Miles, Jamaica.
(d) In Brooklyn, New York.

11. Who did Bob push his music on?
(a) Chris Blackwell.
(b) Winston Matthews.
(c) Coxsone Dodd.
(d) Bunny Livingston.

12. What year did the Wailers become highly successful on summer stage shows?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1964.

13. Who did Cedella greet at Captain Marley's home?
(a) His new wife.
(b) Omeriah Malcolm.
(c) Bob Marley.
(d) Captain Marley.

14. How old was Bob in Chapter 6, "Small Axe"?
(a) Thirty years old.
(b) Fourteen years old.
(c) Eight years old.
(d) Eighteen years old.

15. How did Bob react to seeing his father for the first time?
(a) He faints.
(b) He runs away.
(c) He hits the man.
(d) He cries.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who started to promote Bob's records in Chapter 7, "Who Feels It, Knows It"?

2. Who accompanied Bob on the bus ride to Kingston?

3. What happened when Rita stayed the night with Bob?

4. How did Bob feel about going to Kingston?

5. Who was partially credited with bringing Rastafarianism to the islands?

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