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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Marcus, who is the focus in the song "Sail Away"?
(a) The listener.
(b) The slaves.
(c) The Africans.
(d) The confidence man.

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

3. What motto of Hank Williams' made him similar to Robert Johnson according to Marcus?
(a) What life doesn't give me, I'll take.
(b) The end is near.
(c) Nothing really matters.
(d) Life goes on.

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

5. According to Marcus in "Robert Johnson -1938," what gives music "mythical authority"?
(a) When the music tells a story.
(b) When the songs attract fans.
(c) When the singer uses a deeper tenor.
(d) When the music reflects life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "We needed . . . to be violently stirred into life . . . intolerable social constraints grew daily upon us"?

2. What was the original name of the style that Elvis sang?

3. Who said "I played rock and roll before I ever heard of Elvis Presley. I saw him in Memphis before he ever made a record"?

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

5. Four of the members from The Band are from where?

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