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. In "Harmonica Frank -1951," who is the "latest Ahab"?
(a) Huck Finn.
(b) Harmonica Frank.
(c) Bob Dylan.
(d) Lyndon B. Johnson.

2. Why did political activist, Eldridge Cleaver, not want to go to jail?
(a) He did not want to lose his friends.
(b) He was afraid to be the next Billy Lyons.
(c) He loved freedom too much.
(d) He was innocent.

3. What is the name of The Band's second album?
(a) Big Pink.
(b) America.
(c) The Band.
(d) The Weight.

4. 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 were musical geniuses.
(b) They studied under many different bands.
(c) They stole from the best and pieced it together.
(d) They were inheritors of rock 'n' roll.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said "This is the mystery of democracy . . . that its richest fruits spring up out of souls which no man has prepared and in circumstances where they are least expected"?

2. According to the myth, who did Staggerlee shoot?

3. What archetype does Newman represent?

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

5. Who, according to Marcus, gave Staggerlee the cruelest epitaph?

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