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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Elvis - Presliad (Comprising sections Fanfare through The Rockabilly Moment).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What author does Marcus quote in the beginning of "Robert Johnson -1938" to illustrate the promise of American life?
(a) Norman Mailer.
(b) Robert Johnson.
(c) Herman Melville.
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald.

2. According to Marcus in "Robert Johnson -1938," what gives music "mythical authority"?
(a) When the music reflects life.
(b) When the songs attract fans.
(c) When the music tells a story.
(d) When the singer uses a deeper tenor.

3. Who wrote: "You run without moving from a terror in which you cannot believe"?
(a) William Faulkner.
(b) Robert Johnson.
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(d) Greil Marcus.

4. According to the myth, who did Staggerlee shoot?
(a) A stranger.
(b) Billy the Lion.
(c) Leroy Brown.
(d) Himself.

5. Whom did Bob Dylan claim was "America's greatest poet"?
(a) Randy Newman.
(b) Smokey Robinson.
(c) Sly Stone.
(d) Bob Dylan.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Johnson's instrument of choice?

3. In what song does Sly Stone mock his own song "Thank you falettinme be mice elf Agin"?

4. From whom does Marcus quote in the beginning to introduce the myth of Staggerlee in "Sly Stone"?

5. What did Sly Stone call his band?

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