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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 does Marcus say failure mean to Americans in "Robert Johnson -1938"?
(a) Despair.
(b) Loss.
(c) Betrayal.
(d) Opportunity.

2. What song does Marcus claim is Robert Johnson's most terrifying song?
(a) "Stones in My Passway."
(b) "Walking Blues."
(c) "Me and the Devil Blues."
(d) "Come on in My Kitchen."

3. Staggerlee and Sly Stone are both powerful, but what is different about them?
(a) Staggerlee worked his way to the top.
(b) Staggerlee had no emotion.
(c) Sly did not kill anyone to get power.
(d) Sly bought his fame.

4. Who said "This is the mystery of democracy . . . that its richest fruits spring up out of souls which no man has prepared and in circumstances where they are least expected"?
(a) Elvis Presley.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Woodrow Wilson.
(d) Greil Marcus.

5. Marcus tells that Melville once wrote that a man is only free if he says what?
(a) Mine.
(b) No.
(c) Help.
(d) Yes.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Me and the Devil Blues" uses imagery that provokes what emotion?

2. To which historical figure does Marcus compare Elvis?

3. When referencing the South, who said "it's the only place in the country I've ever been where you can actually drive down the highway at night, and if you listen, you hear music"?

4. What literary figure does Marcus allude to in "Sly Stone" when identifying how Sly speaks in the music?

5. The Riot album reveals what image that Sly had for himself?

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