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1
It was Mexican cowboys who brought the guitar to Hawaii.
A)True
B)False
2
In Hawaiian "ukulele" means "jumping fleas."
A)True
B)False
3
The steel guitar is held in the same manner as a regular guitar.
A)True
B)False
4
Zydeco music is usually syncopated and uses a kind of washboard known as a "frottola" as a rhythm instrument.
A)True
B)False
5
Zydeco music comes from French hymns that have been syncopated, like ragtime music.
A)True
B)False
6
Urban folk-music became enormously popular during the Great Depression of the 1930s.
A)True
B)False
7
Woody Guthrie's "If I Had A Hammer" was composed as a protest song against the U.S. Government's Works Progress Administration's (i.e. the W.P.A.) agenda.
A)True
B)False
8
Woody Guthrie's kept changing the lyrics of his protest songs and by the end of his life, even though his music was enormously popular, few people knew of it's "protest" content from earlier years.
A)True
B)False
9
The Kingston Trio formed an important tie between country music and mainstream pop.
A)True
B)False
10
During the 1960s most people saw folk music as a tool for social change.
A)True
B)False





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