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

2. According to Marcus in "Sly Stone," what two words make the song "Poet" poetry?
(a) Devil and bullets.
(b) Grinnin and chasin.
(c) Run and stop.
(d) Begin and start.

3. What single did Sly release that was the "most optimistic of all"?
(a) "Everybody is a Star."
(b) "Dance to the Music."
(c) "Stand!"
(d) "Riot."

4. Who wrote "Little Wing"?
(a) Neil Young.
(b) Bob Dylan.
(c) Jimmy Hendrix.
(d) Sly Stone.

5. According to Marcus in "Robert Johnson -1938," what gives music "mythical authority"?
(a) When the singer uses a deeper tenor.
(b) When the music tells a story.
(c) When the music reflects life.
(d) When the songs attract fans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Marcus tells that Melville once wrote that a man is only free if he says what?

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

3. According to Marcus in "Robert Johnson -1938," what is the only way to quiet Johnson's song "Stones in My Passway"?

4. What religious group does Marcus compare blues singers to in "Robert Johnson -1938"?

5. What does Marcus say failure mean to Americans in "Robert Johnson -1938"?

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