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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 racial tensions of the time.
(b) What it means to be American.
(c) The war.
(d) Life in the projects.

2. Who says "Instead of throwing a knapsack over your back and getting out on the highway, to learn about life, we were able to do it together. We were protected by one another"?
(a) Robert Manuel.
(b) Robbie Robertson.
(c) Greil Marcus.
(d) Bobby Bland.

3. What is American culture built on according to Marcus?
(a) Myths.
(b) History.
(c) Careers.
(d) Deception.

4. Who did Marcus speak with while in Woodstock to interview Robbie Robertson?
(a) Sly Stone.
(b) Dominique Robertson.
(c) Bob Dylan.
(d) Robert Manuel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Robert Johnson die?

2. According to Marcus in "Robert Johnson -1938," what is the only way to quiet Johnson's song "Stones in My Passway"?

3. Who wrote "Whispering Pines"?

4. 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?

5. In "Harmonica Frank -1951," what does Marcus tell was his first Elvis record?

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