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

2. What type of Staggerlee does Sly create in Riot?
(a) The baddest.
(b) The cruelest.
(c) One that regrets his crimes.
(d) One that does not get away.

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

4. What literary figure does Marcus allude to in "Sly Stone" when identifying how Sly speaks in the music?
(a) Starbuck.
(b) Ahab.
(c) Golem.
(d) Frodo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. What is the name of Elvis' mother?

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

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

5. In the introduction to "Elvis," Marcus claims that Elvis epitomizes what?

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