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

2. What does Marcus say failure mean to Americans in "Robert Johnson -1938"?
(a) Opportunity.
(b) Betrayal.
(c) Despair.
(d) Loss.

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

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

5. What type of music did Harmonica Frank sing?
(a) Blues.
(b) Rap.
(c) Country.
(d) Rock 'n roll.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From what feeling does Robert Johnson pull his images?

3. What song does Marcus claim is Robert Johnson's most terrifying song?

4. Who sang "Fool about mah money/don't try to save"?

5. The song "We Can Talk About It Now" creates what kind of image?

(see the answer key)

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