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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Band - Pilgrims' Progress (Comprising sections The Righteous Land through The Weight).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Prologue, Marcus says that the music he will discuss dramatizes what?
(a) The war.
(b) Life in the projects.
(c) The racial tensions of the time.
(d) What it means to be American.

2. Who is the main character in the song "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"?
(a) Robert E. Lee.
(b) Robbie Robertson.
(c) Robert Levon.
(d) Virgil Kane.

3. Who wrote the song entitled "Layla"?
(a) Mick Jagger.
(b) Eric Clapton.
(c) Sly Stone.
(d) Robert Johnson.

4. What song does Marcus claim to be "the most menacing piece of rock 'n' roll ever made"?
(a) "How Many More Years."
(b) "Stones in My Passway."
(c) "Bo Diddley."
(d) "Who Do You Love."

5. What is the "old American idea" that the worried man is stuck in according to Marcus?
(a) A joint-stock world.
(b) An innocent world.
(c) Tradition before change.
(d) The past as the present.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote: "You run without moving from a terror in which you cannot believe"?

3. What image does The Band use that shows both division and unity?

4. What is the name of The Band's second album?

5. According to Marcus in "Harmonica Frank -1951," whose music caught the spirit and sound of Harmonica Frank and made it popular?

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