Music! Its Role and Importance in Our Lives

Chapter 20: Music in Political and Social Movements

Self Check Quiz

1
A powerful musical genre directed at social injustices and the desire for change is called
A)apartheid music.
B)protest music.
C)gospel music.
D)slogan music.
2
Which of the following is a good example of American folk music?
A)Woody Guthrie's Dust Bowl ballads
B)Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream"
C)Paul Winter's "Ocean Child"
D)Sting's "They Dance Alone"
3
Which of the following songs is most closely associated with the Civil Rights movement in the United States?
A)"Big Yellow Taxi"
B)"We Shall Overcome"
C)"Sobashiya"
D)Dust Bowl ballads
4
Which of the following songs was not used in the Vietnam Antiwar movement?
A)"Blowin' in the Wind"
B)"Masters of War"
C)"A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall"
D)"Big Yellow Taxi"
5
Which of the following musicians had a great influence on Bob Dylan?
A)Woody Guthrie
B)Frederic Rzewski
C)Karel Husa
D)Paul Winter
6
All of the following have made statements in music regarding environmental issues EXCEPT
A)Joni Mitchell
B)Paul Winter
C)Holly Near
D)Elvis Presley
7
American Guernica was written to remember
A)the long fight for racial equality that led to the Civil Rights Act
B)the Vietnam War.
C)Apartheid.
D)the bombing of Guernica, Spain.
8
A phrase used repeatedly to convey goals or communicate an important message is called a
A)ballad.
B)stanza.
C)slogan.
D)folk song.
9
Which of the following is not true of Music for Prague 1968?
A)It was written by Karel Husa.
B)It is a folk song.
C)It is a musical protest against war.
D)It is a classical composition.
10
Which of the following includes the hook: They paved paradise and put up a parking lot?
A)"Big Yellow Taxi"
B)"Ocean Child"
C)"Mountain Song"
D)"Dust Bowl ballads"
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