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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 is the name of the television show that Greil Marcus uses as an example in the Prologue?
(a) The Dick Clark Show.
(b) Donny Carson's Show.
(c) The Late Show.
(d) The Dick Cavett Show.

2. Whom does Marcus claim puts the pieces together to find meaning in the music?
(a) Rock 'n' rollers.
(b) Artists.
(c) The audience.
(d) The critic.

3. According to Marcus in "Sly Stone," what is the spirit behind Riot?
(a) African pride.
(b) Black self-criticism.
(c) American pride.
(d) White self-criticism.

4. What was the original name of the Band in the early sixties?
(a) The Bush Beaters.
(b) Robbie and the Rockers.
(c) The Hawks.
(d) The Beatles.

5. Whom did Bob Dylan claim was "America's greatest poet"?
(a) Sly Stone.
(b) Bob Dylan.
(c) Smokey Robinson.
(d) Randy Newman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of The Band's third album?

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

3. What is the name of The Band's second album?

4. Who does Marcus quote to introduce the chapter "Randy Newman"?

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

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