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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Harmonica Frank - 1951.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marcus say each performer he will discuss in the book attempts to do?
(a) Make music for money.
(b) Redefine love.
(c) Create oneself.
(d) Entertain.

2. According to Marcus, what was country music doing in the early 50s?
(a) Changing their lives.
(b) Making people feel better.
(c) Making people think.
(d) Boring them.

3. Why does Marcus believe it is important to study the stories of some performers even if the book does not encompass everything?
(a) The story matters.
(b) It is a glimpse of the future.
(c) The truth needs to be told.
(d) It is fun.

4. How did Harmonica Frank get his name?
(a) He was a blues singer.
(b) His mouth looked like a harmonica.
(c) When he sang, he sounded like a harmonica.
(d) He played the harmonica out of one side of his mouth.

5. What is the name of the television show that Greil Marcus uses as an example in the Prologue?
(a) The Late Show.
(b) The Dick Clark Show.
(c) Donny Carson's Show.
(d) The Dick Cavett Show.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Harmonica Frank -1951," who is the "latest Ahab"?

2. What type of music did Robert Johnson sing?

3. Who wrote the book discussed in the Prologue?

4. In the Prologue, Marcus says that the music he will discuss dramatizes what?

5. What is ironic about rock 'n' roll and democracy?

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