MUS 40201 Quiz 1|Questions and Answers|Passed Latest Update
Due Jan 6 at 11:59pm
Points 50
Questions 25
Available Dec 31, 2024 at 12am - Jan 6 at 11:59pm
Time Limit 75 Minutes
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Question 1
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What is true true about the diddley bow?
It is a vocal growl used in gospel music.
Correct!
It is a musical instrument adapted from the African one-stringed zither.
It was a unique way of recognizing fan appreciation in the nineteenth century.
It is part of a ship that howls in the wind and inspired African American styles of the 19th e. Century.
It is used to hunt small game in the mountains of Appalachian America.
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Question 2
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Minstrelsy was invented in southern, aristocratic neighborhoods of cities like Atlanta?
True
Correct!
False
Question 3
pts
What is a "broadside"?
Large ships that brought immigrants to America.
Newspapers that also contained a calendar of vaudeville shows at local theaters and music halls.
A nickname for the alleyways of New York City where Jewish immigrants settled.
The two sections of a song that encapsulate the bridge.
Correct!
Large sheets of music that were sold on the streets.
Question 4
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Which of the following is true about African American ballads of the nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries?
They were usually composed by Jewish Tin Pan Alley composers.
They included songs such as “Barbara Allen.”
They were performed in “blackface.”
They were popular in the area around Atlanta, Georgia, but did not catch on in other places until the 1970s.
Correct!
They celebrated the exploits of black heroes and “bad men.”
Question 5
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Select all the answers that are true about "strophic ballads"?
There were about the idyllic version of the "American dream".
Correct!
They were usually composed using traditional melodies.
Correct!
They were circulated via broadsides.
Correct!
The song "Barbara Allen" is one of them.