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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. Who said "when I was a boy . . . I was the hero in comic books and movies. I grew up believing in a dream"?
(a) Johnny Cash.
(b) Hank Williams.
(c) Greil Marcus.
(d) Elvis Presley.

2. Who wrote the song entitled "Layla"?
(a) Mick Jagger.
(b) Robert Johnson.
(c) Sly Stone.
(d) Eric Clapton.

3. What does Marcus say failure mean to Americans in "Robert Johnson -1938"?
(a) Despair.
(b) Loss.
(c) Opportunity.
(d) Betrayal.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are dreams imprisoned according to Marcus in "Sly Stone"?

2. Who wrote "Little Wing"?

3. According to Marcus, what did Staggerlee represent to the black community?

4. Who claims that "every great artist must create for a great audience"?

5. Who said "If you have a mother-in-law with only one eye, and that eye is in the middle of her forehead, you don't keep her in the living room"?

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