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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. How many songs did Johnson record before he died?
(a) 29.
(b) 5.
(c) 98.
(d) 30.

2. Who interrupts the fight over the book in the Prologue?
(a) Erich Segal.
(b) Rita Moreno.
(c) John Simon.
(d) Little Richard.

3. In "The Band," to what does Marcus compare the song "We Can Talk About It Now"?
(a) A merry-go-round.
(b) The beginning of a new relationship.
(c) A reunion.
(d) A roller coaster.

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) Erich Segal.
(d) Harmonica Frank.

5. According to Marcus in "Robert Johnson -1938," what gives music "mythical authority"?
(a) When the songs attract fans.
(b) When the singer uses a deeper tenor.
(c) When the music tells a story.
(d) When the music reflects life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following performers will NOT be discussed in Mystery Train?

2. Four of the members from The Band are from where?

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

4. How does Marcus define a band in "The Band"?

5. What does Marcus say failure mean to Americans in "Robert Johnson -1938"?

(see the answer key)

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