WorksheetsSpirituals
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
Which prophet below showed LAMENT in the Bible?
Daniel
Amos
Jeremiah
Jonah
Which spiritual is a song of lament?
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Wade in the Water
Michael Row the Boat Ashore
Which US president shed tears at a performance of a spiritual from a woman who escaped slavery?
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Bill Clinton
George Bush
Which spiritual did Wallace Willis write that got published with the help of priest Alexander Reid?
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel
Steal Away to Jesus
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
TRUE OR FALSE: Fisk Jubilee Singers are no longer active and the Fisk University had to shut down.
True
False
Which book of the Bible is the term "spirituals" derived from?
Galatians
Philippians
Jeremiah
Ephesians
Which song is NOT a work song?
Michael Row the Boat Ashore
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel
Which song is a map song?
Wade in the Water
Steal Away to Jesus
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Who wrote the song Follow the Drinking Gourd?
(a)
Water In the Water refers to a passage from John that mentions a pool of water that brings ______________.
Riches
Healing
Salvation
Diseases
"For the old man is a-waiting for to carry you to _____________."
Home
Freedom
Station
North
"When the _________ comes up and the first _______ calls,"
Sun; Bird
Sun; Quail
Moon; Bird
Moon; Quail
The coded meaning of "Comin' for to carry me home" is...
Taking you back to your house
Leading you to the North where there's freedom
Bringing you to heaven
The coded meaning behind "sweet chariot" is...
Heavenly Vehicle
A pick-up truck
Elijah's Chariot of Fire
Underground Railroad
Which biblical character did many of the spirituals focus on?
(a)
The drinking gourd represented what...?
(a)
Which word does NOT describe original spirituals?
A capella
Monophonic
Slave songs
Accompanied
Who is "Michael" in Michael Row the Boat Ashore?
Michael Jordan
A Slave
A Slavemaster
An archangel
Which is NOT one of the states that spirituals came from?
Texas
South Carolina
North Carolina
Oklahoma
The three types of spirituals are:
Work songs, Rowing songs, Signal songs
Work songs, Lament songs, Signal songs
Work songs, Map songs, Signal songs
Work songs Map songs, Lament songs
