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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. With whom did the Band play from 1965 to 1966, helping him and themselves to improve and gain popularity?
(a) Bo Diddley.
(b) Bob Dylan.
(c) Elvis Presley.
(d) Ronnie Hawkins.

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"?
(a) Norman Mailer.
(b) Lyndon Johnson.
(c) Harmonica Frank.
(d) Erich Segal.

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

4. Who did Marcus speak with while in Woodstock to interview Robbie Robertson?
(a) Bob Dylan.
(b) Robert Manuel.
(c) Dominique Robertson.
(d) Sly Stone.

5. Four of the members from The Band are from where?
(a) Canada.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Australia.
(d) Arkansas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, according to Marcus, gave Staggerlee the cruelest epitaph?

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

3. According to Marcus in "Robert Johnson -1938," what gives music "mythical authority"?

4. According to Marcus in "Harmonica Frank -1951," what do both Ahab and Huck have in common?

5. What is the name of The Band's third album?

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