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Q2 MODULE 1 MUSIC10 PRETEST

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. What is the fusion of West African with Black American music?

a)

Soul

b)

Jive

c)

Salsa

d)

Afrobeat

2.

2. What is a popular form of South African music featuring a lively and uninhibited variation of the jitterbug, a form of swing dance?

a)

Soca

b)

Jive

c)

Salsa

d)

Afrobeat

3.

3. What music comprises various musical genres including the Cuban son motuno, guaracha, chachacha, mambo and bolero?

a)

Soul

b)

Jive

c)

Salsa

d)

Afrobeat

4.

4. What is also known as “soul of calypso”?

a)

Soca

b)

Reggae

c)

Samba

d)

Apala

5.

What was the popular music genre that has a combination of African-American gospel music, rhythm and blues and often jazz?

a)

Soul

b)

Jive

c)

Salsa

d)

Afrobeat

6.

6. Who is the “Godfather of Soul Music”?

a)

Ray Charles

b)

James Brown

c)

Jeff Baxter

d)

Sam Cooke

7.

7. What Latin American dance form became a popular courtship dance with European and African instrumentation and characteristics?

a)

Rumba

b)

Tango

c)

Cumbia

d)

Chacha

8.

8. Who was the King of Ragtime?

a)

Scott Joplin

b)

Jelly Roll Morton

c)

Claude Debussy

d)

Erik Satie

9.

9. Who was the Brazilian composer known as the foremost figure in bossa nova?

a)

Bob Marley

b)

Antonio Carlos Jobim

c)

Antonio Dadap

d)

Vincius de Moraes

10.

10. Who was the best-known proponent of reggae music?

a)

Bob Marley

b)

Peter Tosh

c)

Jimmy Cliff

d)

Dennis Brown

11.

11. What term is used to denote the most popular and enduring songs from a particular genre or style?

a)

R & B

b)

Jazz

c)

Rock

d)

Standards

12.

12. Who is the first proponent of standard music who was also known as the Chairman of the Board?

a)

Paul Anka

b)

Bing Crosby

c)

Frank Sinatra

d)

Nat King Cole

13.

13. Which of the songs below was popularized by singer-songwriter Nat King Cole?

a)

Unforgettable

b)

Annie’s Song

c)

Love Me Do

d)

Night Fever

14.

14. What band was known as the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music?

a)

ABBA

b)

Bee Gees

c)

The Beatles

d)

Earth, Wind & Fire

15.

15. What is a succession of two distinct phrases usually written in different parts of the music, where the second phrase is heard as a direct commentary on or in response to the first?

a)

Soul

b)

Maracatu

c)

Spirituals

d)

Call and response