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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Robert Johnson - 1938.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Robert Johnson - 1938," why do some of Robert Johnson's contemporaries say that Johnson sold his soul to the devil?
(a) He bragged about it in his songs.
(b) He learned to play the blues quickly.
(c) He practiced voodoo.
(d) He began speaking in tongues.

2. What song does Marcus claim is Robert Johnson's most terrifying song?
(a) "Stones in My Passway."
(b) "Come on in My Kitchen."
(c) "Walking Blues."
(d) "Me and the Devil Blues."

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

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

5. Who wrote Why Are We in Vietnam?
(a) Lyndon Johnson.
(b) Harmonica Frank.
(c) Erich Segal.
(d) Norman Mailer.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Prologue, why are Harmonica Frank and Robert Johnson included in Mystery Train?

2. What type of music did Harmonica Frank sing?

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

4. 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?

5. In "Harmonica Frank -1951," what does Marcus tell was his first Elvis record?

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