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Music in African culture was |
| | A) | used only in religious ceremonies |
| | B) | an integral part of everyday life |
| | C) | used to enhance only very special occasions |
| | D) | an entertainment |
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The site in New Orleans where slaves were allowed to gather on Sunday to sing and dance was |
| | A) | Jackson Square |
| | B) | Congo Square |
| | C) | Times Square |
| | D) | Orleans Square |
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The music of West Africa can best be described as |
| | A) | art music in the European tradition |
| | B) | a frivilous entertainment |
| | C) | a functional tool used in work, religion and life |
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All jazz rhythms came from Africa. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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5 | |
New Orleans marching bands were |
| | A) | small (five to seven players) ensembles that played for street parades and dancers |
| | B) | seen and heard only in street parades |
| | C) | large ensembles that would rival today’s half-time marching bands |
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While Mahalia Jackson only sang gospel, one of the earliest influences on her style was which of the following blues singers? |
| | A) | Louis Armstrong |
| | B) | Bessie Smith |
| | C) | Billie Holiday |
| | D) | Ethel Waters |
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Work songs were used to organize tasks and to help pass the time. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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8 | |
The most important instrument in African music was |
| | A) | the banjo |
| | B) | the drum |
| | C) | the pan flute |
| | D) | the guitar |
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9 | |
Field cries and hollers often relied on bending tones slowly upward or downward to either a specific or non-specific pitch. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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10 | |
In which colonies were slaves not required to conceal their “pagan
ways ”? |
| | A) | Latin-Catholic |
| | B) | Britist Protestants |
| | C) | German-Lutheran |
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11 | |
Spanish fandangos, tangos, habaneros, etc., were derived from African antecedents. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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12 | |
The musical forms used in jazz came from |
| | A) | the African tradition |
| | B) | the music of the West Indes |
| | C) | Europe and America |
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13 | |
The call and response pattern which was so important in African religious music can be heard in jazz musicians “trading fours”. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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Although work songs have been described as “tribal songs which started life in West Africa,” one of the best known of all work songs |
| | A) | “Juliana Johnson” |
| | B) | “The Song of the Volga Boatmen” |
| | C) | “Tiger Rag” |
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At the turn of the twentieth century, traveling minstral shows, often featuring such blues singers as Bessie Smith and Ma Rainy, were the main form of entertainment for both races. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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