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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) Sam Phillips.
(b) Greil Marcus.
(c) Carl Perkins.
(d) Harmonica Frank.

2. What is Sam Phillips' profession?
(a) Musician.
(b) Record producer.
(c) Songwriter.
(d) Singer.

3. In the section "Even Stranger Blues," to what does Marcus compare Robbie's guitar sound?
(a) Chuck Berry's performance at the Grand.
(b) Cats on the fence.
(c) A car screeching to a halt.
(d) Jim Brown's performance in The Dirty Dozen.

4. According to Marcus in "Harmonica Frank -1951," what do both Ahab and Huck have in common?
(a) They are after a dream that is not real.
(b) They go on adventures for the sake of adventure.
(c) They try to escape restraints and authority.
(d) They have aunts who try to civilize them.

5. "Me and the Devil Blues" uses imagery that provokes what emotion?
(a) Desolation.
(b) Hubris.
(c) Lust.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said "I learned the words to Little Richard's songs the best I could and what I couldn't figure out didn't matter"?

2. According to Marcus in "Robert Johnson -1938," what is the American struggle?

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

4. In "The Band," to what does Marcus compare the song "We Can Talk About It Now"?

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

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