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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the "old American idea" that the worried man is stuck in according to Marcus?
(a) A joint-stock world.
(b) An innocent world.
(c) Tradition before change.
(d) The past as the present.

2. "Me and the Devil Blues" uses imagery that provokes what emotion?
(a) Hubris.
(b) Love.
(c) Desolation.
(d) Lust.

3. What magazine had an article "measuring Richard Manuel for a straight-jacket" (62)?
(a) Rolling Stones.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) Time.
(d) Playboy.

4. What was Johnson's instrument of choice?
(a) Harmonica.
(b) Piano.
(c) Guitar.
(d) Saxophone.

5. Who wrote Why Are We in Vietnam?
(a) Erich Segal.
(b) Norman Mailer.
(c) Harmonica Frank.
(d) Lyndon Johnson.

6. Who does Marcus compare Phillips to in the beginning of "Harmonica Frank - 1951"?
(a) Elvis Presley.
(b) Harmonica Frank.
(c) Starbuck.
(d) Huck Finn.

7. What does Marcus say failure mean to Americans in "Robert Johnson -1938"?
(a) Loss.
(b) Betrayal.
(c) Despair.
(d) Opportunity.

8. Who did Marcus speak with while in Woodstock to interview Robbie Robertson?
(a) Bob Dylan.
(b) Sly Stone.
(c) Dominique Robertson.
(d) Robert Manuel.

9. What type of music did Harmonica Frank sing?
(a) Rap.
(b) Blues.
(c) Rock 'n roll.
(d) Country.

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

11. In "The Band," Marcus tells that groups are images of what?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Hope.
(c) Community.
(d) Family.

12. What type of music did Robert Johnson sing?
(a) Country.
(b) Rock 'n' roll.
(c) Gospel.
(d) Blues.

13. According to Marcus in "The Band," what message did The Band originally try to get across?
(a) Beauty can come from terror.
(b) America has possibilities no one has seen yet.
(c) You cannot win when everything is against you.
(d) America is a disappointment.

14. In "The Band," what problem does Marcus reveal about The Band's sense of community?
(a) They lose themselves in each other.
(b) They are isolationists.
(c) They struggle to live in it.
(d) They had a false sense of community.

15. In "Harmonica Frank -1951," what song does Marcus say "set the stage for rock 'n' roll"?
(a) "Rockin' Chair Daddy."
(b) "Howling Tomcat."
(c) "Mixed-Up Confusion."
(d) "Up on Cripple Creek."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marcus think the performers discussed in the Prologue have in common?

2. From what song does Marcus quote to introduce the chapter "Robert Johnson -1938"?

3. In "Harmonica Frank -1951," what does Marcus tell was his first Elvis record?

4. What type of art does Marcus think rock 'n' roll is?

5. What is added in the middle of the chapter "Harmonica Frank -1951," set off with a note from the author?

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