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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. In "The Band," what is Marcus' "sentimental favorite" American motto?
(a) "Give me liberty or give me death."
(b) "We must all hang together, or we shall all hang separately."
(c) "Peace."
(d) "Don't tread on me."

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

3. In "The Band," what does Marcus point to as the reason that The Band had the influences of many different bands and yet had an original sound?
(a) They were inheritors of rock 'n' roll.
(b) They were musical geniuses.
(c) They studied under many different bands.
(d) They stole from the best and pieced it together.

4. With whom did the Band play from 1965 to 1966, helping him and themselves to improve and gain popularity?
(a) Ronnie Hawkins.
(b) Elvis Presley.
(c) Bob Dylan.
(d) Bo Diddley.

5. What "spirit" does Harmonica Frank have that Marcus believes is truly American?
(a) Cruel and truthful.
(b) Unrepentant and free.
(c) Crazy and chaotic.
(d) Tender and free.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who interrupts the fight over the book in the Prologue?

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

3. According to Marcus in "Robert Johnson -1938," what gives music "mythical authority"?

4. What was Johnson's instrument of choice?

5. Whom does Marcus claim puts the pieces together to find meaning in the music?

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