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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who wrote: "You run without moving from a terror in which you cannot believe"?
2. What was the original name of the Band in the early sixties?
3. What is the last number on The Band album?
4. What author does Marcus quote in the beginning of "Robert Johnson -1938" to illustrate the promise of American life?
5. From what feeling does Robert Johnson pull his images?
Short Essay Questions
1. Marcus analyzes Robert Johnson's "Stones in My Passway" in "Robert Johnson -1938." What is the song about and what are the tools that Johnson uses to create the mood?
2. According to Marcus in "Harmonica Frank -1951," why would Lyndon Johnson and Harmonica Frank get along?
3. According to Marcus in "The Band," who is the storyteller in Big Pink and what is his story?
4. Describe Robert Johnson's musical career. How did his contemporaries feel about his abilities? Is his music still relevant?
5. Describe the example of an artist that Greil Marcus uses in the prologue. Who is an artist and why? Why are the other people in the example not artists?
6. According to Marcus in "The Band," how are Harmonica Frank and Robert Johnson relevant to The Band?
7. According to Marcus in "Robert Johnson -1938," how are Robert Johnson's songs relevant even today? What artist's keep his spirit and music alive?
8. In the prologue, what four artists does Marcus say he will write about and why these performers?
9. In "The Band," what is one philosophical assumption that Marcus makes in the section "The Righteous Land"?
10. Describe Harmonica Frank. What did he do? What did he look like? What made him unique?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In an essay explore the reasons that Greil Marcus would discuss, in the same section, the dark and funny music of Randy Newman, the light music of the Beach Boys, and the stark imagery of Raymond Chandler. What do they have in common? What makes them different? How does Randy Newman fit into the world of the Beach Boys and of Raymond Chandler?
Essay Topic 2
Both Harmonica Frank and Robert Johnson have some claim as the originator of rock 'n' roll. In an essay, compare and contrast the two men including their styles, their audiences, and their legacies. At the end of your essay, identify if Harmonica Frank, Robert Johnson, or both are the true originator of rock 'n' roll. Use details from Mystery Train to support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
Randy Newman's music dripped with satire that many people did not understand. In an essay, analyze two of the songs discussed in Mystery Train. How are they examples of satire? What is satirized? What message is Newman trying to get across?
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