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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 was Elvis called in the beginning of his career?
(a) Hillbilly Cat.
(b) Bilbo.
(c) The King.
(d) A good 'ole boy.

2. What religious group does Marcus compare blues singers to in "Robert Johnson -1938"?
(a) Puritans.
(b) Satanists.
(c) Catholics.
(d) Voodoo.

3. In "Elvis," Marcus compares Elvis to what character envisioned by Ralph Waldo Emerson?
(a) The King of Rock 'n' Roll.
(b) The ubiquitous King.
(c) The elusive King of Soul.
(d) The transcendental Sun King.

4. What does Sly shout back at the band in "Africa Talks to You 'the Asphalt Jungle'"?
(a) "Timber."
(b) "I'm a dying."
(c) "Help."
(d) "Stop."

5. Who wrote "Little Wing"?
(a) Jimmy Hendrix.
(b) Sly Stone.
(c) Bob Dylan.
(d) Neil Young.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sly Stone call his band?

2. Whom did Bob Dylan claim was "America's greatest poet"?

3. Who said "when I was a boy . . . I was the hero in comic books and movies. I grew up believing in a dream"?

4. What type of Staggerlee does Sly create in Riot?

5. What is Sly Stone's given name?

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