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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many songs did Johnson record before he died?
(a) 98.
(b) 29.
(c) 5.
(d) 30.

3. Who is the main character in the song "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"?
(a) Robbie Robertson.
(b) Virgil Kane.
(c) Robert Levon.
(d) Robert E. Lee.

4. What is added in the middle of the chapter "Harmonica Frank -1951," set off with a note from the author?
(a) An appendix.
(b) An autobiography.
(c) A digression.
(d) A footnote.

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

6. What song does Marcus claim to be "the most menacing piece of rock 'n' roll ever made"?
(a) "Bo Diddley."
(b) "Who Do You Love."
(c) "How Many More Years."
(d) "Stones in My Passway."

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

8. Who sang "Fool about mah money/don't try to save"?
(a) Elvis Presley.
(b) Little Richard.
(c) Sam Phillips.
(d) Harmonica Frank.

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

10. What is Sam Phillips' profession?
(a) Singer.
(b) Record producer.
(c) Songwriter.
(d) Musician.

11. Who interrupts the fight over the book in the Prologue?
(a) Little Richard.
(b) Rita Moreno.
(c) John Simon.
(d) Erich Segal.

12. How did Harmonica Frank get his name?
(a) When he sang, he sounded like a harmonica.
(b) He was a blues singer.
(c) His mouth looked like a harmonica.
(d) He played the harmonica out of one side of his mouth.

13. In "The Band," to what does Marcus compare the song "We Can Talk About It Now"?
(a) A merry-go-round.
(b) A reunion.
(c) A roller coaster.
(d) The beginning of a new relationship.

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

15. Who wrote: "You run without moving from a terror in which you cannot believe"?
(a) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(b) Robert Johnson.
(c) William Faulkner.
(d) Greil Marcus.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Band," Marcus tells that Robbie Robertson believed the "music" came from where?

2. What is American culture built on according to Marcus?

3. According to Marcus, what problem does the storyteller of Stage Fright face?

4. In the section "Even Stranger Blues," to what does Marcus compare Robbie's guitar sound?

5. According to Marcus in "Robert Johnson -1938," what is the American struggle?

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