Answer Choices:
Songwriter
Backup singer
Member of the Vandellas
Secretary
Answer: Correct Answer Secretary
Question: Which singer performed lead vocals in the Four Tops?
Answer Choices:
Smokey Robinson
Duke Fakir
Levi Stubbs
Marvin Gaye
Answer: Correct Answer Levi Stubbs
Question: The first performance of “Liturgy” Drama when it emerged @ 1000 A.D. was:
Answer Choices:
Greek performances and storytelling
Celtic bard stories
Morals
“Quem Quaeritis” plays
Answer: “Quem Quaeritis” plays
Question: Motown Records was located in which city?
Answer Choices:
Detroit
Memphis
Cleveland
Chicago
Answer: Detroit
Question: In “Death of a Salesman,” Biff goes to Boston to see his father and finds:
Answer Choices:
A. He’s just been unfaithful
B. He’s a failure in business
C. He’s dying
D. He’s very successful
Answer: A. He’s just been unfaithful
Question: Stevie Wonder’s first number-one hit on the pop and rhythm-and-blues chart was:
Answer Choices:
“Fingertips, Pt. 2”
“My Cherie Amour”
“How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You”
“Stubborn Kind of Fellow”
Answer: Correct Answer “Fingertips, Pt. 2”
Question: Martha and the Vandellas were former members of which group?
Answer Choices:
The Del-Phis
The Pin-ups
The Primettes
The Fabulous Flames
Answer: The Del-Phis Quiz Section 2:
Question: In comparison to Atlantic/Stax, the musical style of Motown is often viewed as:
Answer Choices:
More commercially successful
More pop-oriented
“Blacker”
A stronger influence
Answer: Correct Answer More commercially successful
Question: Aretha Franklin’s first record contract was with which label?
Answer Choices:
Stax
Atlantic
Columbia
Motown
Answer: Correct Answer Columbia
Question: Jimmie Rodgers’s performance style was noted for his trademark:
Answer Choices:
a) guitar playing.
b) raw, expressive recordings.
c) yodel.
d) use of an Autoharp.
Answer: Correct Answer c) yodel.
Question: All of the following are examples of Chicago blues musicians EXCEPT:
Answer Choices:
a) Bo Diddley.
b) John Lee Hooker.
c) Muddy Waters.
d) Robert Johnson.
Answer: Correct Answer (Proposed) d) Robert Johnson.
Question: What is the focus point in Kabuki Theater for questions the actor’s “artistry”?
Answer Choices:
A. The tachimawari
B. The mie
C. The walkushi
D. The hansamichi
Answer: B. The mie
Question: The Grand Ole Opry broadcast from:
Answer Choices:
a) WLS in Chicago.
b) WSM in Nashville.
c) WBAP in Fort Worth.
d) WSB in Atlanta.
Answer: Correct Answer b) WSM in Nashville.
Question: Which Bangles hit song was actually written by Prince?
Answer Choices:
“Manic Monday”
“Walk Like an Egyptian”
“Change of Heart”
“Time After Time”
Answer: “Manic Monday” Note: The image cuts off at Question 27. As a result, there’s no information available for Question 28 and beyond.
Question: Frank Sinatra began his musical career as a:
Answer Choices:
a) song publisher.
b) teen idol.
c) songwriter in Tin Pan Alley.
d) singer in big bands.
Answer: Correct Answer d) singer in big bands.
Question: This is the first recorded dramatic form and it emerged around 2,500 B.C. in Egypt:
Answer Choices:
The Abydos Passion Play
The Osirian Passion Drama
The Rite of the Pharaohs
Answer: The Abydos Passion Play
Question: In “Farewell Ji” Columbia, “Little David” and Sholof’s classmate commits suicide rather than be punished for running away.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Author of “Death of a Salesman”
Answer Choices:
A. August Wilson
B. Ivan Bunin
C. Arthur Miller
D. Tennessee Williams
Answer: C. Arthur Miller
Question: Hatshepsut initially becomes pharaoh by:
Answer: C. by acting as regent for her step son
Question: The intermingling of soldiers from all regions of the United States helped spread the popularity of:
Answer Choices:
a) country and western.
b) rhythm and blues.
c) urban blues.
d) rock and roll.
Answer: Correct Answer a) country and western.
Question: Most rhythm and blues performers learned to sing:
Answer Choices:
a) on tours.
b) in the studio.
c) in church.
d) in neighborhood groups.
Answer: Correct Answer c) in church.
Question: The scroll of Nu-Hef includes:
Answer: c. the final judgment of the deceased
Question: Big band music emphasizes:
Answer Choices:
a) the singer’s role.
b) the band.
c) the song’s lyrics.
d) Tin Pan Alley song formats.
Answer: Correct Answer b) the band.
Question: One reason many radio stations opted for a local or regional approach in the 1950s was because:
Answer Choices:
a) Black populations were growing in rural areas.
b) of the proliferation of music recordings.
c) of the development of stereophonic technology.
d) audiences for popular music shifted from radio to television.
Answer: Correct Answer d) audiences for popular music shifted from radio to television.
Question: The role of the Tin Pan Alley publisher was to
Answer Choices:
perform songs on the Broadway stage to new audiences
compose the form of the song
write lyrics for Tin Pan Alley songs
pitch songs to artists who might consider performing them
(Note: Correct answer is not visible in the provided image)
Answer: