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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did "Rude Boy" describe?
(a) The discontent found on the Jamaican streets.
(b) Religious repression.
(c) A rebellious teenage boy.
(d) Intercourse with many women.

2. Why would Bob need to sponsor Rita?
(a) If she became addicted to marijuana.
(b) If he liked America.
(c) If she developed an alcohol addiction.
(d) If she chose to adopt a child.

3. How did Bob feel about Delaware as soon as he arrived?
(a) He never went to Delaware.
(b) He loved it.
(c) He was indifferent.
(d) He hated it.

4. Why were Marley's new songs a marvel?
(a) Because Peter Dodd actually approved of it.
(b) Because they are highly personal but universal simultaneously.
(c) Because the music is so catchy.
(d) They are not.

5. After Bunny was released from prison, who did Marley look to produce with in Kingston?
(a) Coxsone Dodd.
(b) Leslie Kong.
(c) Chris Blackwell.
(d) Peter Tosh.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was "Catch a Fire" received?

2. What did Bob decide to do before leaving Jamaica?

3. Who treated Marley in Bavaria?

4. What city did the Wailers give a show in on Christmas morning in 1964?

5. Why was the militia preemptively called in during the third annual independence parade in Kingston?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Bob's godmother offend the family during Omeriah's wake, and what did this indicate?

2. Describe the interaction between Bob and Cedella in Chapter 9, "Natural Mystic".

3. What happened to the Wailers in England?

4. Describe Rita's meeting with Haile Selassie.

5. How was "Catch a Fire" released, and how was it received?

6. What did the Wailers do while Marley is in Delaware?

7. How were Jamaican mystic beliefs on display during Omeriah's funeral?

8. What happened at the Wailers' show on December 25, 1964?

9. How did Rita lead Bob to convert to Rastafarianism?

10. What happened during Marley's meeting with Crown Prince Asfa Wossen?

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