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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. Why does Marcus discuss many movies in "Sly Stone"?
(a) They all include the Staggerlee myth.
(b) They are about black people.
(c) Sly Stone made the soundtracks for them.
(d) They are biographies for Sly Stone.

2. What group did Cleaver and Seale found?
(a) Black Panthers.
(b) Temptations.
(c) Pilgrims.
(d) Chil-Lites.

3. What is the last number on The Band album?
(a) "Dixie."
(b) "King Harvest."
(c) "Crossing the Great Divide."
(d) "Whispering Pines."

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

5. What did Sly Stone call his band?
(a) The Family.
(b) The Band.
(c) Sly's Guys.
(d) The Stones.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "We needed . . . to be violently stirred into life . . . intolerable social constraints grew daily upon us"?

2. Who did Marcus speak with while in Woodstock to interview Robbie Robertson?

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

4. What is the name of Randy Newman's album that finally gained him a larger audience?

5. According to Marcus in "Randy Newman," whose song was Randy Newman answering in his version of "Suzanne"?

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