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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Elvis - Presliad (Comprising sections Fanfare through The Rockabilly Moment).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What image does The Band use that shows both division and unity?
(a) Revolution.
(b) The Great Divide.
(c) States.
(d) Rivers.

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

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

5. According to the myth, who did Staggerlee shoot?
(a) Leroy Brown.
(b) Himself.
(c) A stranger.
(d) Billy the Lion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary figure does Marcus allude to in "Sly Stone" when identifying how Sly speaks in the music?

2. Whom does Marcus claim puts the pieces together to find meaning in the music?

3. Why did political activist, Eldridge Cleaver, not want to go to jail?

4. According to the Prologue, why are Harmonica Frank and Robert Johnson included in Mystery Train?

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

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