1. true
2. false

It wasn't all his doing. Lennon was a co-founder of the Beatles. Paul McCartney was the other primary force behind the band's creation.

1. aunt and uncle
   grandparents
2. his older sister

Lennon's mother and father weren't the most stable people. His aunt and uncle took over the job of raising him. In his adulthood, he constantly praised the positive female role models that he had during his younger days.

1. disruptive
   very average
2. a brilliant student

He was a restless student who could be disruptive at times. Even from an early age, though, his artistic talents were obvious.

1. convert girlfriends to Buddhism
   be physically abusive
2. shower women with rose petals

At an early age, Lennon was mean-spirited and violent, to the point that he would hit his girlfriends. He said later that he did his best to grow out of this awful habit.

1. borrowed it from school
   his mother gave it to him
2. stole it

Lennon's mother wasn’t a great parent, but she did buy him his first guitar -- an act that would become a crossroads in the musician's life.

1. James Brown
   Elvis Presley
2. The Carpenters

In the 1950s and early 60s, Elvis Presley was a celebrity of mind-warping proportions. His iconic status and memorable music served as an inspiration to Lennon.

1. at school
   at a concert
2. at a bar

Lennon began performing with his first band (the Quarrymen) and McCartney was present for the band's second performance. Lennon immediately asked McCartney to join forces with him.

1. thought he was funny but kind of dumb
   loved John
2. didn't like John

Many adults didn't like John because he seemed rebellious -- the McCartney family was no different. They wanted Paul to find different friends.

1. she was crazy
   bad for the band's image
2. due to death threats

As the band's popularity grew and grew, the band's publicists thought it would be better to make it look as if the men were all single and unattached. Cynthia was shoved into the shadows.

1. Cynthia's grandfather
   Lennon's mother
2. a prime minister

Julian was named after Lennon's mother, Julia. Julia's lifestyle was too unstable to make her a suitable parent, but she often visited John at his aunt's house.

1. found him insufferable
   got tired of his incessant touring
2. found him with another woman

Cynthia arrived home one day and found another woman in the house. It turned out to be Yoko Ono, the next woman in Lennon's life.

1. 1969
   1971
2. 1973

Lennon told the band in private that he was leaving. He ended his relationship with them in 1969, an act that caused upheaval in the pop world.

1. LSD
   cocaine
2. marijuana

Lennon took huge quantities of LSD, which morphed his mental and emotional identity. Even under heavy drug use, he made mind-blowing music.

1. true
2. false

It's long been said that Ono's relationship with Lennon broke up the Beatles. But according to the other band members, such as McCartney, the split wasn't Ono's fault. Too much touring, too much work and too much fame had taken a toll on all of them.

1. anti-nuke protest
   anti-capitalism protest
2. anti-war protest

After their highly-publicized wedding, the couple went on their honeymoon and opened the hotel rooms to journalists. They simply sat in bed, talking about peace and how war should be ended.

1. Amsterdam
   London
2. Paris

Ono and Lennon brought their Bed-In to life in Amsterdam. They had a second Bed-In later that year in Montreal.

1. true
2. false

Lennon, the icon of peace and progress, never took up vegetarianism with the zeal of the other band members. He always wound up eating meat in one way or another.

1. took it without knowledge
   fan gave it to him while he was onstage
2. McCartney gave it to him at a party

During a party, one of his guests slipped it into his drink. Lennon's experiences with the drug were mixed, but he continued taking it in massive doses for years to come. LSD and other drugs were a mainstay of the Beatles' lifestyle for years.

1. had a lead foot
   actually never even got a license
2. a terrible car wreck

Lennon was an awful driver who didn't even bother to get a license until he was in his mid-20s. A terrible car wreck in which he was injured convinced him never to get behind the wheel again.

1. overdose
   car accident
2. cancer

While walking along the side of a road, an off-duty police officer accidentally struck and killed Julia Lennon. The tragedy scarred John for life.

1. was worried that Lennon was a Communist
   was worried he might lose an election
2. was worried about soldiers in Vietnam

Nixon recognized Lennon's power as an anti-war activist and worried that the pop star might cost him an election. He tried to have Lennon deported.

1. led a huge march in Washington
   created a new country
2. fled to Canada

Ever the clever media manipulator, he and Yoko Ono announced a new country named "Nutopia" and followed up the stunt with a request for asylum. In the end, the Watergate scandal created a distraction and saved Lennon from deportation.

1. ran out of drugs
   death of their manager
2. start of the Vietnam war

Brian Epstein, the manager who guided the band to fame, died suddenly of a drug overdose in 1967. In the following years, mismanagement severely hampered the group's potential.

1. was indifferent to it
   hated it
2. loved it

Lennon truly hated his voice. He sometimes could hardly stand to listen to the songs he recorded.

1. Jesus
   baseball
2. water

Lennon famously said, "We're more popular than Jesus now," a statement that at first didn't really have any impact. But eventually, his words caused a furor in the Bible Belt of the United States. There were threats and tumult at some shows.

1. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
   "The White Album"
2. "Abbey Road"

Lennon decided to leave after completing "Abbey Road." He then took up a hit-and-miss solo career and created weird art projects with Yoko Ono.

1. the assassin wanted money
   the assassin was nuts
2. the assassin hated the Beatles

Mark David Chapman was more than a little unstable. He shot and killed Lennon because he thought the killing would give him notoriety.

1. escaped prison and disappeared
   was executed
2. was imprisoned

Chapman pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and is still imprisoned. He's more than 60 years old and has been denied parole many times.

1. Lennon signed an autograph
   Lennon yelled at him to move
2. Lennon passed him on the sidewalk and ignored him

Chapman asked for an autograph … and Lennon was happy to oblige. Chapman repaid the favor by shooting him a few hours later.

1. in London
   in Central Park
2. in the ocean near San Francisco

After he was cremated, Yoko Ono took Lennon's ashes and scattered them in New York's Central Park. His ashes may be in New York, but Lennon was a pop star meant to serve the whole world. His complicated legacy will last for generations.