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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. What is added in the middle of the chapter "Harmonica Frank -1951," set off with a note from the author?
(a) An appendix.
(b) A digression.
(c) A footnote.
(d) An autobiography.

2. What is ironic about rock 'n' roll and democracy?
(a) They demand work and play.
(b) Neither works in a specific way.
(c) Each asks people to be something better than they are.
(d) They are both individual and a community.

3. In "Harmonica Frank -1951," what song does Marcus say "set the stage for rock 'n' roll"?
(a) "Howling Tomcat."
(b) "Mixed-Up Confusion."
(c) "Rockin' Chair Daddy."
(d) "Up on Cripple Creek."

4. Who wrote: "You run without moving from a terror in which you cannot believe"?
(a) Greil Marcus.
(b) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(c) Robert Johnson.
(d) William Faulkner.

5. According to Marcus in "Robert Johnson -1938," what is the only way to quiet Johnson's song "Stones in My Passway"?
(a) Ear plugs.
(b) Turn it down.
(c) Turn it off.
(d) Walk away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sam Phillips' profession?

2. Who is the main character in the song "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"?

3. What was the original name of the Band in the early sixties?

4. Who does Marcus compare Phillips to in the beginning of "Harmonica Frank - 1951"?

5. According to Marcus, what was country music doing in the early 50s?

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