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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sly Stone - The Myth of Staggerlee (Comprising sections Sly Versus Superfly through A Quiet Rebellion).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the critics Marcus references in "The Band," who was Robbie Robertson's "foil"?
(a) Robert Manuel.
(b) The audience.
(c) The manager.
(d) The Band.

2. Who, according to Marcus, gave Staggerlee the cruelest epitaph?
(a) Sly Stone.
(b) John Hurt.
(c) Elvis Presley.
(d) Eldridge Cleaver.

3. Who said "I played rock and roll before I ever heard of Elvis Presley. I saw him in Memphis before he ever made a record"?
(a) Bob Dylan.
(b) Little Richard.
(c) Sam Phillips.
(d) Harmonica Frank.

4. "Me and the Devil Blues" uses imagery that provokes what emotion?
(a) Hubris.
(b) Love.
(c) Desolation.
(d) Lust.

5. What happened the first day of The Band's first concert after releasing The Band?
(a) They got stage fright.
(b) They invented crowd surfing.
(c) They played their best performance.
(d) They broke up.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the time Riot was made, who was making the decisions about what kind of records would be created?

2. Who said "If you have a mother-in-law with only one eye, and that eye is in the middle of her forehead, you don't keep her in the living room"?

3. Who said "I learned the words to Little Richard's songs the best I could and what I couldn't figure out didn't matter"?

4. How many songs did Johnson record before he died?

5. According to Marcus in "The Band," what message did The Band originally try to get across?

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