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1
Classic ragtime is improvised.
A)True
B)False
2
According to Scott Joplin, ragtime should never be played fast.
A)True
B)False
3
The fox-trot developed out of ragtime.
A)True
B)False
4
Nearly all ragtime "songs" where composed and performed by white musicians.
A)True
B)False
5
In a Tin Pan Alley song the verse-chorus form had become the standard.
A)True
B)False
6
Because of the shortness of recording technology, composers stopped writing long verses and tried to get the music as quickly to the break as possible.
A)True
B)False
7
All of the royalties of "God Bless America" go to the Boy and Girls Club of America.
A)True
B)False
8
Unlike several Tin Pan Alley composers Cole Porter's compositions were difficult to sing.
A)True
B)False
9
Many, if not most, Tin Pan Alley composers wrote for the Hollywood movies.
A)True
B)False
10
The decline of Tin Pan Alley occurred when real estate prices began to escalate during the 1930s.
A)True
B)False





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