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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. Who said "when I was a boy . . . I was the hero in comic books and movies. I grew up believing in a dream"?
(a) Elvis Presley.
(b) Greil Marcus.
(c) Hank Williams.
(d) Johnny Cash.

2. What was on the cover of Riot?
(a) An American flag with flowers for stars.
(b) A gun.
(c) Sly wearing a zoot suit.
(d) Water.

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

4. How did Robert Johnson die?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Drug overdose.
(c) Murdered.
(d) Old age.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What motto of Hank Williams' made him similar to Robert Johnson according to Marcus?

3. In "Robert Johnson - 1938," why do some of Robert Johnson's contemporaries say that Johnson sold his soul to the devil?

4. What is Sly Stone's given name?

5. What did some bullies call Elvis before he was a star and had grown side burns?

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