Multiple Choice Quiz


1	Folk music is primarily
		A)	fiddle tunes.
		B)	a vocal genre.
		C)	quartet singing.
		D)	guitar playing.


2	A Child ballad is
		A)	a song for children.
		B)	a lullaby.
		C)	named for a folksong collector.
		D)	named for the son of a folksong collector.


3	A composed song
		A)	by definition cannot be folk music.
		B)	becomes a folk song when it enters the oral tradition.
		C)	is not traditional thus cannot be a folk song.
		D)	does not have the spontaneous characteristics of a folk song.


4	A broadside was
		A)	a song published without notated music.
		B)	a narrative account of current events.
		C)	published on a large sheet of paper.
		D)	all of the above.


5	Broadsides were composed by
		A)	European minstrels.
		B)	professional songwriters.
		C)	Anglo-Saxon poets.
		D)	revolutionary Navy musicians.


6	The most famous urban blues artist is
		A)	Huddie Ledbetter.
		B)	Taj Mahal.
		C)	Howlin’ Wolf.
		D)	B. B. King.


7	The form of blues poetry is
		A)	aaba.
		B)	abb.
		C)	abab.
		D)	aab.


8	The form of a common 12-bar blues progression is
		A)	I - - - IV - V - I V - V.
		B)	I - - - V - I - IV - V I.
		C)	I - - - IV - I - V IV I -.
		D)	I - V - I - IV - I - V I.


9	Assimilation refers to
		A)	string bands.
		B)	immigrant groups.
		C)	absorbing music.
		D)	modified repetition.


10	The Hutchinson family is best known for
		A)	protest music.
		B)	religious music.
		C)	string band music.
		D)	children’s songs.


11	A motive is
		A)	a short, musical idea.
		B)	a hard-driving rhythm.
		C)	a fluid rhythm.
		D)	a chord.


12	A rhythmic impulse might be characterized by
		A)	a driving beat.
		B)	a fluid rhythm.
		C)	a weak sense of pulse.
		D)	all of the above.


13	The three primary chords are
		A)	I, III, V.
		B)	2, 4, 6.
		C)	I, IV, V.
		D)	1, 2, and 3.


14	A strophic setting is
		A)	the same words to different music.
		B)	the same music to different words.
		C)	the same words to the same music.
		D)	the same music to the same words.


15	Which structure tends to have the words repeated?
		A)	Verse
		B)	Chorus or refrain
		C)	Stanza
		D)	Blues


16	Vernacular music is music that
		A)	speaks in the language of the common people.
		B)	was intended for worship.
		C)	was created for permanent preservation.
		D)	represents a blending of cultures.

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