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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the original name of the Band in the early sixties?
(a) The Hawks.
(b) The Bush Beaters.
(c) The Beatles.
(d) Robbie and the Rockers.

2. What religious group does Marcus compare blues singers to in "Robert Johnson -1938"?
(a) Puritans.
(b) Catholics.
(c) Satanists.
(d) Voodoo.

3. With whom did the Band play from 1965 to 1966, helping him and themselves to improve and gain popularity?
(a) Elvis Presley.
(b) Bob Dylan.
(c) Bo Diddley.
(d) Ronnie Hawkins.

4. What book is being discussed on the television show sketch used in the Prologue?
(a) Rich Man, Poor Man.
(b) Love Story.
(c) Of Mice and Men.
(d) The Notebook.

5. What is the name of the television show that Greil Marcus uses as an example in the Prologue?
(a) The Late Show.
(b) Donny Carson's Show.
(c) The Dick Clark Show.
(d) The Dick Cavett Show.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of audience does Marcus believe Randy Newman attracts?

2. What type of music did Harmonica Frank sing?

3. In "Harmonica Frank -1951," Marcus claims that Phillips was looking for music to do what?

4. What image does The Band use that shows both division and unity?

5. What is the subject of Robert Johnson's song "Stones in My Passway"?

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