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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Randy Newman - Every Man is Free.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Johnson's instrument of choice?
(a) Guitar.
(b) Harmonica.
(c) Piano.
(d) Saxophone.

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

3. Why did political activist, Eldridge Cleaver, not want to go to jail?
(a) He was innocent.
(b) He did not want to lose his friends.
(c) He loved freedom too much.
(d) He was afraid to be the next Billy Lyons.

4. What does Marcus think the performers discussed in the Prologue have in common?
(a) They see themselves as symbolic Americans.
(b) Everyone toured together.
(c) Each based his songs on personal experience.
(d) They all were ex-patriots.

5. According to Marcus, what do popular artists do for people?
(a) Take away fear and pain.
(b) Isolate them from people who dislike their music.
(c) Create a community.
(d) Speak for them.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Marcus in "Randy Newman," what is the number one democratic desire?

2. What does Leslie Fielder call the Beatles in "Randy Newman"?

3. In "The Band," Marcus tells that groups are images of what?

4. What is added in the middle of the chapter "Harmonica Frank -1951," set off with a note from the author?

5. Whom did Bob Dylan claim was "America's greatest poet"?

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