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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 motto of Hank Williams' made him similar to Robert Johnson according to Marcus?
(a) The end is near.
(b) Nothing really matters.
(c) Life goes on.
(d) What life doesn't give me, I'll take.

2. What is the mood in the Riot album?
(a) Oppression.
(b) Anger.
(c) Hope.
(d) Joy.

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

4. 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"?
(a) Robbie Robertson.
(b) Randy Newman.
(c) Elvis Presley.
(d) Greil Marcus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what song does Marcus quote to introduce the chapter "Robert Johnson -1938"?

2. What was Elvis called in the beginning of his career?

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

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

5. Why did people riot at Sly Stone concerts in the 70s?

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