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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. What "spirit" does Harmonica Frank have that Marcus believes is truly American?
(a) Tender and free.
(b) Crazy and chaotic.
(c) Unrepentant and free.
(d) Cruel and truthful.

2. Who said "If I could find a white man who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel . . . I could make a billion dollars"?
(a) Carl Perkins.
(b) Greil Marcus.
(c) Harmonica Frank.
(d) Sam Phillips.

3. How did Robert Johnson die?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Murdered.
(c) Old age.
(d) Drug overdose.

4. 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) Erich Segal.
(b) Norman Mailer.
(c) Lyndon Johnson.
(d) Harmonica Frank.

5. What song of Elvis Presley's is mentioned as having the "young hold on freedom" and a "touch of fear" reminiscent to Robert Johnson's?
(a) "Peace in the Valley."
(b) "Hound Dog."
(c) "Blue Suede Shoes."
(d) "God's Song."

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Band," what is Marcus' "sentimental favorite" American motto?

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

3. Who wrote Why Are We in Vietnam?

4. In "The Band," Marcus tells that groups are images of what?

5. "Me and the Devil Blues" uses imagery that provokes what emotion?

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