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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Johnson's instrument of choice?
(a) Saxophone.
(b) Guitar.
(c) Piano.
(d) Harmonica.

2. What book is being discussed on the television show sketch used in the Prologue?
(a) Rich Man, Poor Man.
(b) The Notebook.
(c) Of Mice and Men.
(d) Love Story.

3. According to Marcus in "Robert Johnson -1938," what is the only way to quiet Johnson's song "Stones in My Passway"?
(a) Walk away.
(b) Turn it off.
(c) Turn it down.
(d) Ear plugs.

4. Who wrote: "You run without moving from a terror in which you cannot believe"?
(a) Greil Marcus.
(b) Robert Johnson.
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(d) William Faulkner.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is American culture built on according to Marcus?

2. 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?

3. What type of art does Marcus think rock 'n' roll is?

4. What "spirit" does Harmonica Frank have that Marcus believes is truly American?

5. How did Marcus feel when Elvis was drafted?

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