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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. Who said "If I could find a white man who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel . . . I could make a billion dollars"?
(a) Carl Perkins.
(b) Sam Phillips.
(c) Harmonica Frank.
(d) Greil Marcus.

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

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

4. According to Marcus in "The Band," what message did The Band originally try to get across?
(a) America has possibilities no one has seen yet.
(b) Beauty can come from terror.
(c) You cannot win when everything is against you.
(d) America is a disappointment.

5. What type of music did Robert Johnson sing?
(a) Gospel.
(b) Blues.
(c) Country.
(d) Rock 'n' roll.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What book is being discussed on the television show sketch used in the Prologue?

3. Why does Marcus believe it is important to study the stories of some performers even if the book does not encompass everything?

4. According to the critics Marcus references in "The Band," who was Robbie Robertson's "foil"?

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

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