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Story of Jazz (Unit 2)

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Early Jazz evolved from:

a)

Ragtime

b)

Blues

c)

spirituals

d)

All of the above

2.

The usual instrumentation of a Dixieland band includes trumpet, trombone, piano, string bass, drums, and:

a)

saxophone and banjo

b)

clarinet and banjo

c)

flute and drums

d)

violin and clarinet

3.

When jazz musicians all solo at the same time, it's called:

a)

democracy

b)

recess

c)

free time

d)

collective improvisation

4.

One of the most important musicians of Dixieland was:

a)

Frank Sinatra

b)

George Washington

c)

Louis Armstrong

d)

Shawn Carter

5.

The Great Migration was a time when:

a)

jazz musicians searched for better instruments to use

b)

many African Americans moved north in search of better employment and living conditions

c)

Louis Armstrong performed in Las Vegas for the first time

d)

people living in the north moved south for the warmer weather

6.

The dance that had the same name as a tune in the 1920's was the:

a)

Freedom

b)

Charleston

c)

Chicago

d)

Big Dipper

7.

Early Jazz was influenced in part by military brass bands or marching bands.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Dixieland developed in the early 1800's.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Dixieland bands were originally small marching bands.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

During the Great Migration, people moved in large numbers to cities in the southern United States.

a)

True

b)

False