WorksheetsThe Fisk Jubilee Singers
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 17mins
What type of spiritual is fast paced and rhythmic?
sorrow
jubilee
call and response
codified protest songs
What type of spirituals are slow and melancholic?
Jubilee
Sorrow
Codified Protest Songs
Call and Response
African-American spirituals are a type of folk song.
True
False
Which song is not an African-American spiritual?
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Minnie the Moocher
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
The drinking gourd is what?
A tall glass.
A pool of water.
A bowl.
The Big Dipper.
This group allowed white audiences to be exposed to African-American spirituals.
Hampton Singers
Fisk Jubilee
The Chiffons
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
"Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" is an example of what?
Gospel
African-American Spiritual
Gospel derived (came from) what style of music?
rhythm and blues
spirituals
soul
swing
"Wade in the Water"
This is a spiritual used in code to tell slaves to use the water to avoid being seen when escaping to freedom.
This is a spiritual used in code to tell slaves to use the river as a marker for freedom land.
What does polyrhythm mean?
many rhythms at the same time
the same rhythm at the same time
What is the style of this piece of music?
Gospel
Spiritual
This is a simple map of the transatlantic slave trade. The arrow is pointing to:
"The First Passage"
"The Middle Passage"
"The Last Passage"
What year were the first recorded Africans brought to the United States as slaves?
1619
1719
1819
1919
What is a spiritual?
Spirituals are songs with jazz mixed in.
Spirituals are sacred songs with a main religious theme or story derived from the early African American experience.
Spirituals are sacred song with a main religious theme or story derived from the early European experience.
What is the name of this choir?
Fisk Jubilee Singers
Freedom Joy Singers
Civil War Singers
Gospel Music Singers
Why did the Fisk Jubilee Singers start their first tour?
To show off their talent.
To raise money for Fisk University.
Which of these songs was used a code for the Underground Railroad? (select 3)
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Go Down Moses
Sweet Chariot
Wade in the Water
How many Africans were approximately sold in the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
10.5 Million
11.5 Million
12.5 Million
13.5 Million
Ella Sheppard was the
Assistant Director of the Fisk Jubilee Singers
Assistant Director of the Thomas Dorsey Blues Band
Assistant Director of the Gospel Music Convention
African drums were very important in African societies. They were primarily used for:
hunting and fishing
communication and celebration
seedtime and harvest
"Follow the Drinking Gourd"
means to use a river as a guide to travel north to freedom.
means to use the star constellation "The Big Dipper" as a guide to travel north to freedom.
This is a spiritual used in code for the Underground Railroad.
This is a spiritual, however, it was not used in code for the Underground Railroad.
Who was Sarah Ann Shephard?
Slave Catcher's Wife
Director of The Fisk Jubilee Singers
Enslaved Mother Who Almost Drowned Herself and Daughter
The Fisk Jubilee Singers performed for the Queen of England.
True
False
Who purchased Ella Sheppard's freedom so that she could leave the south?
Her mother
Her father
She was already free
Her slave master
What occupation did Ella Sheppard wish to be when she enrolled in Fisk University?
a musician
a teacher
a farmer
a minister
What does A.M.A stand for?
(a)
Who was the white abolitionist who started the choir at Fisk University?
(a)
What practice was forbidden by law and would result in severe punishment (like cutting off the hands) for slaves if caught?
Reading and Writing
Singing
Cooking
What does HBCU stand for?
(a)
