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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Marcus believes that "There's a Riot Goin' On" is an example of what?
(a) Temptation.
(b) Rebellion.
(c) A folk tale.
(d) Mythical.

2. According to Marcus in "Elvis," why does Elvis NOT owe blacks anything?
(a) They did not copyright the style.
(b) They gave the style away freely.
(c) He made the music his own.
(d) The music was a throwaway.

3. Who wrote "There's a mickie in the tastin' of disaster" (90)?
(a) Frank Kermode.
(b) Sly Stone.
(c) Leslie Fiedler.
(d) Greil Marcus.

4. What type of Staggerlee does Sly create in Riot?
(a) The baddest.
(b) The cruelest.
(c) One that regrets his crimes.
(d) One that does not get away.

5. From whom does Marcus quote in the beginning to introduce the myth of Staggerlee in "Sly Stone"?
(a) Bobby Seale.
(b) Billy Lyon.
(c) James Brown.
(d) Sly Stone.

6. What type of audience does Marcus believe Randy Newman attracts?
(a) Pop.
(b) Punk.
(c) Cult.
(d) Retro.

7. What is the mood in the Riot album?
(a) Joy.
(b) Oppression.
(c) Anger.
(d) Hope.

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

9. What did Sly Stone call his band?
(a) The Band.
(b) The Stones.
(c) The Family.
(d) Sly's Guys.

10. What is Sly Stone's given name?
(a) Sly Stone.
(b) Stanley Stewart.
(c) Sylvester Stewart.
(d) Sylvester Stone.

11. 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"?
(a) Elvis Presley.
(b) Robbie Robertson.
(c) Randy Newman.
(d) Greil Marcus.

12. In "Elvis," what song does Elvis make his own by changing the story from hopelessness to hope?
(a) "Hound Dog. "
(b) "Mystery Train."
(c) "Pink Cadillac."
(d) "Baby Let's Play House."

13. What archetype does Newman represent?
(a) Keeper of American imagination.
(b) Journeyman.
(c) Doomed lover.
(d) The American philosopher.

14. What did some bullies call Elvis before he was a star and had grown side burns?
(a) Hippie.
(b) Loser.
(c) Squirrel.
(d) Dog.

15. What does Marcus point out as valuable in the Beach Boys music?
(a) It is truthful.
(b) It is poetic.
(c) It criticizes mainstream society.
(d) It reflects everyday people.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Marcus in "Sly Stone," what is pop culture by definition?

2. To which historical figure does Marcus compare Elvis?

3. Who said "This is the mystery of democracy . . . that its richest fruits spring up out of souls which no man has prepared and in circumstances where they are least expected"?

4. Why did political activist, Eldridge Cleaver, not want to go to jail?

5. Who wrote "Hound Dog"?

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