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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 does Sly shout back at the band in "Africa Talks to You 'the Asphalt Jungle'"?
(a) "I'm a dying."
(b) "Help."
(c) "Stop."
(d) "Timber."

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

3. In "The Band," what does Marcus point to as the reason that The Band had the influences of many different bands and yet had an original sound?
(a) They stole from the best and pieced it together.
(b) They studied under many different bands.
(c) They were musical geniuses.
(d) They were inheritors of rock 'n' roll.

4. What single did Sly release that was the "most optimistic of all"?
(a) "Everybody is a Star."
(b) "Stand!"
(c) "Riot."
(d) "Dance to the Music."

5. In "Robert Johnson - 1938," why do some of Robert Johnson's contemporaries say that Johnson sold his soul to the devil?
(a) He learned to play the blues quickly.
(b) He began speaking in tongues.
(c) He bragged about it in his songs.
(d) He practiced voodoo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group did Cleaver and Seale found?

2. In "Harmonica Frank -1951," who is the "latest Ahab"?

3. Who said "if I couldn't perform I'd give up . . . It's not a question of the money side of it. . . not having that ninety minutes up there anymore. Phew. I don't like to think about it"?

4. What religious group does Marcus compare blues singers to in "Robert Johnson -1938"?

5. According to Marcus, what do popular artists do for people?

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