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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. With whom is Carmen walking in the song "To Kingdom Come"?
(a) The worried man.
(b) Robert Johnson.
(c) Robbie Robertson.
(d) The devil.

2. The Prologue states that Marcus wants to discuss rock 'n' roll in what context?
(a) As American culture.
(b) As music in general.
(c) As youth culture.
(d) As a counterculture.

3. Who wrote "Whispering Pines"?
(a) Robbie Robertson.
(b) Elvis Presley.
(c) Richard Manuel.
(d) Robert Levon.

4. From what song does Marcus quote to introduce the chapter "Robert Johnson -1938"?
(a) "All Shook Up."
(b) "Rip It Up."
(c) "Love in Vain."
(d) "Me and the Devil Blues."

5. What archetype does Newman represent?
(a) Doomed lover.
(b) Keeper of American imagination.
(c) The American philosopher.
(d) Journeyman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the book discussed in the Prologue?

2. According to Marcus in "Randy Newman," why does Newman lack a large audience for most of his early carrier?

3. In the Prologue, Marcus says that the music he will discuss dramatizes what?

4. In "Elvis," Marcus compares Elvis to what character envisioned by Ralph Waldo Emerson?

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

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