Caribbean Arts and Culture Quiz

What is the process of enlarging people’s freedom and opportunities, and improving their well-being called?

• Cultural Development

• Human Development

• Social Progress

• Personal Growth

Which musical form in the Caribbean has bifurcated into 'power soca' and 'groovy soca'?

• Mento

• Reggaetón

• Salsa

• Calypso

What is the term for the on-the-spot compositions of calypso verses by two opponents who try to ridicule each other through picong?

• Double Entendre

• Ex-tempo

• Soca

• Reggaetón

Who is known as a co-founder of the National Dance Theatre Company and a pioneer of Caribana Festival in Canada?

• Martin Carter

• Louise Bennett-Coverley

• Rex Nettleford

• Beryl McBurnie

Which Caribbean poet and political activist co-founded the socialist, anti-colonial PPP led by Cheddi Jagan?

• Louise Bennett-Coverley

• Beryl McBurnie

• Martin Carter

• Rex Nettleford

Who is known for establishing the use of the creole as the 'nation language' of Jamaica through her works such as 'Colonization in Reverse'?

• Louise Bennett-Coverley

• Beryl McBurnie

• Martin Carter

• Rex Nettleford

Which musician won the Best Male Vocalist Award in Barbados in 1984 and 1985?

• Martin Carter

• Rex Nettleford

• Paule Marshall

• Aubrey Cummings

Which author's autobiographical first novel, 'Brown Girl, Brownstones', tells of the American daughter of Barbadian parents who travels to their homeland as an adult?

• Rex Nettleford

• Paule Marshall

• Aubrey Cummings

• Martin Carter