MUSC 2150 FINAL questions well
answered graded A+ 2025/2026
SCAP represents the artists of which style of music? - correct answer ✔✔Tin Pan Alley
Which of the following is true of the civil rights act?
a. it promoted the use of literacy tests as a prerequisite to vote
b. it gave women the same sexual freedom as men
c. it was passed in 1954
d. it marked the end of the Jim Crow era - correct answer ✔✔It marked the end of the Jim Crow
era
The 12-bar blues chord progression is a feature of urban blues.
True/False? - correct answer ✔✔True
Large, open air festivals became a important part of rock culture for the first time in the 1960's.
True/False? - correct answer ✔✔True
Music prowess is particularly valued in the hippies aesthetic.
True/False? - correct answer ✔✔True
Which of the following is true of music of the big-band era?
a. the bandleader was the star of the show
,b. the singer was the star of the show
c. big bands usually recorded their music to be played on the radio
d. the big bands played only live concerts, not on the radio - correct answer ✔✔The bandleader
was the star of the show
What is the significance of Elvis Presely's move to the RCA label from Sun?
a. it began the shift of rock and roll from independent labels to major labels
b. it made rock and roll seem safe to white, middle-class parents
c. it allowed Presley to write his own songs
d. it marked the beginning of Presley's shift towards the rockabilly genre - correct answer ✔✔It
began the shift of rock and roll from independent labels to major labels
Pet sounds became an influential album because
a. it combined with the Wall of sound and other sophisticated studio techniques with complex
harmonies
b. it was the first folk rock album to feature the 12-string guitar
c. it featured The Monkees, a TV act intended to imitate the Beatles, singing their own songs for
the first time
d. it was Sonny Bono's first attempt at studio production at Phil Spector's Philles label - correct
answer ✔✔it combined the Wall of Sound and other sophisticated studio techniques with
complex harmonies
In the Brill Building approach to popular music, control was in the hands of the
a. singer/group
b. publisher
,c. songwriter
d. studio musicians - correct answer ✔✔Publisher
Which label successfully adopted the Brill Building production model?
a. Atlantic
b. Stax
c. Motown
d. Chess - correct answer ✔✔Motown
Senator Joseph McCarthy led a campaign against
a. communism
b. desegregation
c. the U.S.S.R.
d. Korea - correct answer ✔✔Communism
Which of the following organizations was/were involved in the payola scandal?
a. ASCAP
b. FCC
c. BMI
d. a and b
e. a and c
f. a, b and c - correct answer ✔✔ASCAP, FCC and BM!
, In which war was America engaged in the 1950's?
a. the Cold war
b. World War I
c. World War II - correct answer ✔✔The Cold War
Tin Pan Alley music is strongly associated with which form?
a. AAB
b. AABA
c. Simple verse form
d. 12-bar blues form - correct answer ✔✔AABA
What was the effect of television shows such as Leave it to Beaver and My Three Sons?
a. they challenged the societal status quo
b. they reinforced the normalcy of traditional American values
c. they introduced an elegant new class: the jet set
d. they promoted racial and gender equality - correct answer ✔✔They reinforced the normalcy
of traditional American values
What was the significance of the film Blackboard Jungle?
a. it starred Alan Freed
b. it features one of Elvis Presley's early songs on the soundtrack
c. it was the first film to feature blacks and whites in the same classroom
answered graded A+ 2025/2026
SCAP represents the artists of which style of music? - correct answer ✔✔Tin Pan Alley
Which of the following is true of the civil rights act?
a. it promoted the use of literacy tests as a prerequisite to vote
b. it gave women the same sexual freedom as men
c. it was passed in 1954
d. it marked the end of the Jim Crow era - correct answer ✔✔It marked the end of the Jim Crow
era
The 12-bar blues chord progression is a feature of urban blues.
True/False? - correct answer ✔✔True
Large, open air festivals became a important part of rock culture for the first time in the 1960's.
True/False? - correct answer ✔✔True
Music prowess is particularly valued in the hippies aesthetic.
True/False? - correct answer ✔✔True
Which of the following is true of music of the big-band era?
a. the bandleader was the star of the show
,b. the singer was the star of the show
c. big bands usually recorded their music to be played on the radio
d. the big bands played only live concerts, not on the radio - correct answer ✔✔The bandleader
was the star of the show
What is the significance of Elvis Presely's move to the RCA label from Sun?
a. it began the shift of rock and roll from independent labels to major labels
b. it made rock and roll seem safe to white, middle-class parents
c. it allowed Presley to write his own songs
d. it marked the beginning of Presley's shift towards the rockabilly genre - correct answer ✔✔It
began the shift of rock and roll from independent labels to major labels
Pet sounds became an influential album because
a. it combined with the Wall of sound and other sophisticated studio techniques with complex
harmonies
b. it was the first folk rock album to feature the 12-string guitar
c. it featured The Monkees, a TV act intended to imitate the Beatles, singing their own songs for
the first time
d. it was Sonny Bono's first attempt at studio production at Phil Spector's Philles label - correct
answer ✔✔it combined the Wall of Sound and other sophisticated studio techniques with
complex harmonies
In the Brill Building approach to popular music, control was in the hands of the
a. singer/group
b. publisher
,c. songwriter
d. studio musicians - correct answer ✔✔Publisher
Which label successfully adopted the Brill Building production model?
a. Atlantic
b. Stax
c. Motown
d. Chess - correct answer ✔✔Motown
Senator Joseph McCarthy led a campaign against
a. communism
b. desegregation
c. the U.S.S.R.
d. Korea - correct answer ✔✔Communism
Which of the following organizations was/were involved in the payola scandal?
a. ASCAP
b. FCC
c. BMI
d. a and b
e. a and c
f. a, b and c - correct answer ✔✔ASCAP, FCC and BM!
, In which war was America engaged in the 1950's?
a. the Cold war
b. World War I
c. World War II - correct answer ✔✔The Cold War
Tin Pan Alley music is strongly associated with which form?
a. AAB
b. AABA
c. Simple verse form
d. 12-bar blues form - correct answer ✔✔AABA
What was the effect of television shows such as Leave it to Beaver and My Three Sons?
a. they challenged the societal status quo
b. they reinforced the normalcy of traditional American values
c. they introduced an elegant new class: the jet set
d. they promoted racial and gender equality - correct answer ✔✔They reinforced the normalcy
of traditional American values
What was the significance of the film Blackboard Jungle?
a. it starred Alan Freed
b. it features one of Elvis Presley's early songs on the soundtrack
c. it was the first film to feature blacks and whites in the same classroom
