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Spirituals

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which prophet below showed LAMENT in the Bible?

a)

Daniel

b)

Amos

c)

Jeremiah

d)

Jonah

2.

Which spiritual is a song of lament?

a)

Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen

b)

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

c)

Wade in the Water

d)

Michael Row the Boat Ashore

3.

Which US president shed tears at a performance of a spiritual from a woman who escaped slavery?

a)

George Washington

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Bill Clinton

d)

George Bush

4.

Which spiritual did Wallace Willis write that got published with the help of priest Alexander Reid?

a)

Follow the Drinking Gourd

b)

Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel

c)

Steal Away to Jesus

d)

Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen

5.

TRUE OR FALSE: Fisk Jubilee Singers are no longer active and the Fisk University had to shut down.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Which book of the Bible is the term "spirituals" derived from?

a)

Galatians

b)

Philippians

c)

Jeremiah

d)

Ephesians

7.

Which song is NOT a work song?

a)

Michael Row the Boat Ashore

b)

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

c)

Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen

d)

Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel

8.

Which song is a map song?

a)

Wade in the Water

b)

Steal Away to Jesus

c)

Follow the Drinking Gourd

d)

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

9.

Who wrote the song Follow the Drinking Gourd?

(a)  

10.

Water In the Water refers to a passage from John that mentions a pool of water that brings ______________.

a)

Riches

b)

Healing

c)

Salvation

d)

Diseases

11.

"For the old man is a-waiting for to carry you to _____________."

a)

Home

b)

Freedom

c)

Station

d)

North

12.

"When the _________ comes up and the first _______ calls,"

a)

Sun; Bird

b)

Sun; Quail

c)

Moon; Bird

d)

Moon; Quail

13.

The coded meaning of "Comin' for to carry me home" is...

a)

Taking you back to your house

b)

Leading you to the North where there's freedom

c)

Bringing you to heaven

14.

The coded meaning behind "sweet chariot" is...

a)

Heavenly Vehicle

b)

A pick-up truck

c)

Elijah's Chariot of Fire

d)

Underground Railroad

15.

Which biblical character did many of the spirituals focus on?

(a)  

16.

The drinking gourd represented what...?

(a)  

17.

Which word does NOT describe original spirituals?

a)

A capella

b)

Monophonic

c)

Slave songs

d)

Accompanied

18.

Who is "Michael" in Michael Row the Boat Ashore?

a)

Michael Jordan

b)

A Slave

c)

A Slavemaster

d)

An archangel

19.

Which is NOT one of the states that spirituals came from?

a)

Texas

b)

South Carolina

c)

North Carolina

d)

Oklahoma

20.

The three types of spirituals are:

a)

Work songs, Rowing songs, Signal songs

b)

Work songs, Lament songs, Signal songs

c)

Work songs, Map songs, Signal songs

d)

Work songs Map songs, Lament songs