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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Band - Pilgrims' Progress (Comprising sections Introduction through Crossing the Border).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the original name of the Band in the early sixties?
(a) The Bush Beaters.
(b) Robbie and the Rockers.
(c) The Hawks.
(d) The Beatles.

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

3. What type of music did Robert Johnson sing?
(a) Blues.
(b) Country.
(c) Rock 'n' roll.
(d) Gospel.

4. According to Marcus in "The Band," what message did The Band originally try to get across?
(a) Beauty can come from terror.
(b) America is a disappointment.
(c) America has possibilities no one has seen yet.
(d) You cannot win when everything is against you.

5. What is American culture built on according to Marcus?
(a) Careers.
(b) Deception.
(c) History.
(d) Myths.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said "If I could find a white man who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel . . . I could make a billion dollars"?

2. What does Marcus say each performer he will discuss in the book attempts to do?

3. What type of music did Harmonica Frank sing?

4. From what feeling does Robert Johnson pull his images?

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

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