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MUNM-287 Part 2 Exam Questions and
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Rock 'n' Roll
Ans: What was the first form of popular culture to celebrate
characteristics of city life?
It's primary roots were in black culture
Ans: There was a great deal of resistance to rock 'n' roll
particularly in the American South. Why?
Talcott Parsons
Ans: This American sociologists established the sociology
department at Harvard University. His work was enormously
influential through the 1950s and well into the 1960s.
The Grand Theory
Ans: Talcott Parsons advocated a new approach to studying
popular culture, encompassing not only sociology but also all
the social sciences. This new approach was called:
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Three Stages
Ans: The theory of African-American culture assimilation (the
process by which a minority group achieves social acceptance)
contained stages. How many stages were there?
Cover Version
Ans: The process of taking a song or style from the black
culture and reproducing it using a white singer is known as a:
Determined resistance to the status quo
Ans: Audiences of the mid-fifties forced the music industry to
provide an alternative to the bland music on the radio by using
this method:
Trivial-Novelty
Ans: Charlie Gillett identified three modes of expression in
poplar music. They were sentimental, melodramatic, and:
Nat King Cole and Chuck Berry
Ans: Black singers learned to adopt styles that were specially
developed for the white audience. Two of the best at this
technique were:
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The Crew Cuts
Ans: An example of a cover version was the song Sh -Boom
which was recorded by both the Chords and:
Rock 'n' Roll
Ans: Of the three classifications of music -- Rock 'n' Roll, Rock
and Roll, and Rock -- which is defined as the particular kind o f
music to which the term was first applied?
Rock
Ans: All post-1964 derivations of rock 'n' roll were known as:
Crazy Man Crazy
Ans: This song by Bill Haley and His Comets was the first rock
'n' roll song to make the best-selling lists on Billboard's national
chart.
Sex
Ans: The phrases "rock" and "rock and roll" were rhythm and
blues euphemisms for this:
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MUNM-287 Part 2 Exam Questions and
Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already
Graded
Rock 'n' Roll
Ans: What was the first form of popular culture to celebrate
characteristics of city life?
It's primary roots were in black culture
Ans: There was a great deal of resistance to rock 'n' roll
particularly in the American South. Why?
Talcott Parsons
Ans: This American sociologists established the sociology
department at Harvard University. His work was enormously
influential through the 1950s and well into the 1960s.
The Grand Theory
Ans: Talcott Parsons advocated a new approach to studying
popular culture, encompassing not only sociology but also all
the social sciences. This new approach was called:
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
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Three Stages
Ans: The theory of African-American culture assimilation (the
process by which a minority group achieves social acceptance)
contained stages. How many stages were there?
Cover Version
Ans: The process of taking a song or style from the black
culture and reproducing it using a white singer is known as a:
Determined resistance to the status quo
Ans: Audiences of the mid-fifties forced the music industry to
provide an alternative to the bland music on the radio by using
this method:
Trivial-Novelty
Ans: Charlie Gillett identified three modes of expression in
poplar music. They were sentimental, melodramatic, and:
Nat King Cole and Chuck Berry
Ans: Black singers learned to adopt styles that were specially
developed for the white audience. Two of the best at this
technique were:
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The Crew Cuts
Ans: An example of a cover version was the song Sh -Boom
which was recorded by both the Chords and:
Rock 'n' Roll
Ans: Of the three classifications of music -- Rock 'n' Roll, Rock
and Roll, and Rock -- which is defined as the particular kind o f
music to which the term was first applied?
Rock
Ans: All post-1964 derivations of rock 'n' roll were known as:
Crazy Man Crazy
Ans: This song by Bill Haley and His Comets was the first rock
'n' roll song to make the best-selling lists on Billboard's national
chart.
Sex
Ans: The phrases "rock" and "rock and roll" were rhythm and
blues euphemisms for this:
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