Caribbean Music

In which Caribbean island is the genre Mento popular?

• Trinidad and Tobago

• Dominica

• Jamaica

• Martinique

Quadrille is a folk genre from Dominica influenced by

• African slave and the british

• African slaves and French

• African slaves and the dutch

• African slaves only

Zouk is a genre associated with the French Caribbean islands?

• True

• False

Calypso is a genre that originated is which of the following Caribbean islands?

• Barbados

• Dominica

• Jamaica

• Trinidad and Tobago

Mento of Jamaica is often confused with Calypso?

• True

• False

Which of the following genre can be classified as religious music of Jamaica?

• Kumina

• Mento

• Parang

• Quadrille

Kumina developed as a religion and music after emancipation is which of the following Caribbean islands?

• Barbados

• Grenada

• Dominica

• Jamaica

Which one of the following genre is produced by a four instrument ensemble called a jing ping band?

• Calypso

• Mento

• Kumina

• Quadrille

Which of the following instruments is not found in Caribbean Folk music?

• fife

• banjo

• cuatro

• bagpipes

Which of the following statements below is true about Mento?

• Mento is a popular form of music throughout the Caribbean

• Mento is the predecessor of ska and reggae

• Mento rhythms are the same as Calypso

• Mento is heard only in folk music