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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 happened the first day of The Band's first concert after releasing The Band?
(a) They invented crowd surfing.
(b) They got stage fright.
(c) They played their best performance.
(d) They broke up.

2. The song "We Can Talk About It Now" creates what kind of image?
(a) The country at its worst.
(b) Homecoming.
(c) A broken heart.
(d) The country at its best.

3. In "The Band," Marcus tells that groups are images of what?
(a) Hope.
(b) Community.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Family.

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

5. Who sang "Fool about mah money/don't try to save"?
(a) Sam Phillips.
(b) Little Richard.
(c) Elvis Presley.
(d) Harmonica Frank.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Prologue states that Marcus wants to discuss rock 'n' roll in what context?

3. With whom is Carmen walking in the song "To Kingdom Come"?

4. What type of music did Robert Johnson sing?

5. According to Marcus in "Robert Johnson -1938," what gives music "mythical authority"?

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