1. Prohibition signaled a lull in ability of jazz musicians to find work until its eventual repeal.<\/p>\n
True
\n False<\/p>\n
2.
\nOne of the benefits of the shift to electric broadcast technology from acoustic technology was a dramatic improvement in the recording of music.<\/p>\n
True
\n False<\/p>\n
3.
\nOne of the benefits of the microphone was that it allowed singers to sing more intimately (or croon) without having to belt out their songs in full voice.<\/p>\n
True
\n False<\/p>\n
4.
\nThe chorus-oriented form meant that, except for musical theater, verses were all but scrapped, and a song consisted primarily of several statements of the chorus.<\/p>\n
True
\n False<\/p>\n
5.
\nThe years between World War I and World War II are called the modern era.<\/p>\n
True
\n False<\/p>\n
6.
\nIn the early acoustic recordings the performers played directly into microphones without the aid of amplifiers.<\/p>\n
True
\n False<\/p>\n
7.
\nThe passage of the Nineteenth Amendment made the production and purchase of alcohol illegal.<\/p>\n
True
\n False<\/p>\n
8.
\nSpeakeasies were havens for the conservative elite who reacted against the frenetic music of the 1920s.<\/p>\n
True
\n False<\/p>\n
9.
\nMost popular songs before 1910 had used dance rhythms but were not sung as music for social dancing.<\/p>\n
True
\n False<\/p>\n
10.
\nThe intimate crooning of Bing Crosby, or the jazz-inflected vocals of Louis Armstrong, would not have succeeded in live performance without the technological innovation of electric broadcasting equipment (microphones and amplifiers).<\/p>\n
True
\n False<\/p>\n
11.
\nOne of the choices available to experience live music in 1929 that was not available ten years before was:<\/p>\n
\na.
\nnone of these choices.<\/p>\n
\nb.
\nall of these choices.<\/p>\n
\nc.
\npaying to see a vaudeville show.<\/p>\n
\nd.
\npurchasing an acoustic recording (record).<\/p>\n
\ne.
\ntuning in to a live radio broadcast.<\/p>\n
12.
\nThe star of the first “talking” film, The Jazz Singer, was singer and actor:<\/p>\n
\na.
\nAl Jolson.<\/p>\n
\nb.
\nLouis Armstrong.<\/p>\n
\nc.
\nBing Crosby.<\/p>\n
\nd.
\nJoe “King” Oliver.<\/p>\n
13.
\nFor the first half of the 20th century, which of the following best describes a phonograph record?<\/p>\n
\na.
\n10 inches across that played at 78 r.p.m.’s (revolutions per minute).<\/p>\n
\nb.
\n5 inches across that played at 16 3\/4 r.p.m.’s.<\/p>\n
\nc.
\n12 inches across that played at 33 1\/3 r.p.m.’s.<\/p>\n
\nd.
\n7 inches across that played at 45 r.p.m.’s.<\/p>\n
14.
\nLouis Armstrong was not only influential as a jazz trumpet player, but his contemporaries also found him to be very influential as a:<\/p>\n
\na.
\ndrummer.<\/p>\n
\nb.
\nsaxophonist.<\/p>\n
\nc.
\nclarinetist.<\/p>\n
\nd.
\nvocalist.<\/p>\n
15.
\nBing Crosby is known as an innovator in which of the following areas?<\/p>\n
\na.
\nHe perfected the stride piano style that had people dancing to the Charleston.<\/p>\n
\nb.
\nHe perfected the art of orchestrating what would become known as “symphonic jazz.”<\/p>\n
\nc.
\nHe perfected how to use the microphone to sing in a style that was conversational.<\/p>\n
\nd.
\nAs the man who was the most visible jazz bandleader of his day, he became known as “the King of Jazz.”<\/p>\n
16.
\nProhibition refers to the 18th Amendment, which:<\/p>\n
\na.
\nprohibited the consumption (but not the sale) of alcoholic beverages until it was repealed.<\/p>\n
\nb.
\nprohibited women from dancing “animal dances” in places open to the general public until it was repealed.<\/p>\n
\nc.
\nprohibited women from voting until it was repealed in 1930.<\/p>\n
\nd.
\nprohibited the sale of alcoholic beverages until its repeal.<\/p>\n
17.
\nWhich of the following statements is not true about Billie Holiday?<\/p>\n
\na.
\nShe reshaped the melodies and timing in her interpretation of a song.<\/p>\n
\nb.
\nShe began her career at the Cotton Club in Harlem.<\/p>\n
\nc.
\nShe made popular singing more autobiographical.<\/p>\n
\nd.
\nShe brought blues style and blues feeling into the singing of popular songs.<\/p>\n
18.
\nAlthough the specific instruments of what comprises a rhythm section has changed over the years, the basic instrumentation can still be described as having:<\/p>\n
\na.
\na chord instrument, a bass instrument, and a percussion instrument.<\/p>\n
\nb.
\na piano, a trumpet, and a vocalist.<\/p>\n
\nc.
\na horn section, a string section, and a percussion section.<\/p>\n
\nd.
\na horn instrument, a bass instrument, and a string instrument.<\/p>\n
19.
\nThe Hot Fives and Hot Sevens were small band combos led by:<\/p>\n
\na.
\nGeorge Gershwin.<\/p>\n
\nb.
\nPaul Whiteman.<\/p>\n
\nc.
\nBing Crosby.<\/p>\n
\nd.
\nLouis Armstrong.<\/p>\n
20.
\nIn this kind of song, the primary interest is not in the flow and contour of its melody:<\/p>\n
\na.
\npop song.<\/p>\n
\nb.
\nrhythm song.<\/p>\n
\nc.
\ntorch song.<\/p>\n
\nd.
\nblues song.<\/p>\n
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