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Women of Gospel and Blues

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How were social messages delivered in Black Tradition?

a)

rumors

b)

music

c)

letters

d)

mouth

2.

Who used secular songs and hymns to promote equality and freedom?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Aretha Franklin

d)

Mamie Smith

3.

Who used songs that contained hidden messages to instruct slaves moving on the Underground Railroad?

a)

Sojourner Truth

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Mamie Smith

d)

Ma Rainey

4.

Who was the most accomplished gospel singer of the 20th century?

a)

Aretha Franklin

b)

Ma Rainey

c)

Marion Williams

d)

Harriet Tubman

5.

Who was the gospel singer that played guitar?

Hint: she played individual tones, not chords.

a)

Memphis Minnie

b)

Ethel Waters

c)

Ma Rainey

d)

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

6.

Who taught blues through aural tradition?

a)

Ma Rainey

b)

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

c)

Mamie Smith

d)

Bessie Smith

7.

What device taught blues to people in urban and rural situations?

a)

CD's

b)

MP3

c)

Records

d)

Spotify

8.

Who was the first person, male or female, to use the electric guitar?

a)

Ma Rainey

b)

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

c)

Memphis Minnie

d)

Aretha Franklin

9.

Who originally wrote the song "Hound Dog?"

a)

Elvis Presley

b)

Memphis Minnie

c)

Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton

d)

Mamie Smith

10.

Who was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

a)

"Big Mama" Thornton

b)

Aretha Franklin

c)

Billie Holiday

d)

Ella Fitzgerald