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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 is the name of Elvis' mother?
(a) Helen Preston.
(b) Lisa Presley.
(c) Gladys Presley.
(d) Lydia Preston.

2. What did some bullies call Elvis before he was a star and had grown side burns?
(a) Dog.
(b) Loser.
(c) Squirrel.
(d) Hippie.

3. Who wrote the song entitled "Layla"?
(a) Eric Clapton.
(b) Sly Stone.
(c) Robert Johnson.
(d) Mick Jagger.

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

5. What is Sly Stone's given name?
(a) Stanley Stewart.
(b) Sly Stone.
(c) Sylvester Stewart.
(d) Sylvester Stone.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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"?

3. From what feeling does Robert Johnson pull his images?

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

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

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