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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the myth, who did Staggerlee shoot?
(a) A stranger.
(b) Billy the Lion.
(c) Leroy Brown.
(d) Himself.

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

3. What song does Marcus claim is Robert Johnson's most terrifying song?
(a) "Me and the Devil Blues."
(b) "Walking Blues."
(c) "Stones in My Passway."
(d) "Come on in My Kitchen."

4. What does Marcus claim in "The Band" is not community?
(a) Family.
(b) Friendship.
(c) The Band.
(d) America.

5. Who said "I learned the words to Little Richard's songs the best I could and what I couldn't figure out didn't matter"?
(a) Bob Dylan.
(b) Ronnie Hawkins.
(c) Robbie Robertson.
(d) Bo Diddley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the mood in the Riot album?

2. When referencing the South, who said "it's the only place in the country I've ever been where you can actually drive down the highway at night, and if you listen, you hear music"?

3. What was Johnson's instrument of choice?

4. Staggerlee and Sly Stone are both powerful, but what is different about them?

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

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