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Chicago swing

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the nicknames of Chicago city?

a)

the Big apple

b)

Chi city

c)

Windi city

d)

Wendy city

2.

Which place or monument isn't in Chicago?

a)

Millenium park

b)

Sky deck

c)

Rockfeller center

d)

Navy Pier, ferris wheel

3.

What sort of food can I have in Chicago?

a)

deep dish pizza

b)

banana pudding

c)

burger

d)

Asian food

4.

What is an extended metaphor?

a)

a metaphor that extends over the course of stanzas of prose or poetry

b)

a metaphor that extends over the course

c)

a metaphor that extends over the course of multiple lines, paragraphs, or stanzas of prose or poetry.

5.

Who is not from Chicago city?

a)

Lupe fiasco

b)

Kanye West

c)

Anastasia

d)

Frank Sinatra

6.

What is the "hiplet"?

a)

A special dance born in Chicago mixing ballet and break dance

b)

A special dance born in Chicago mixing opera and hip-hop

c)

A special dance born in Chicago mixing ballet and hip-hop

d)

A special food born in Chicago

7.

What figure of speech is it? “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

a)

metaphor

b)

assonance

c)

alliteration

d)

simile

8.

Every single day you let me down.

Every single day you make me mad.

Every single day you do such silly things!

a)

litote

b)

alliteration

c)

amphora

d)

anaphora

9.

"Fast and slow, black and white" What figure of speech is it?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Gradation

c)

assonance

d)

antithesis

10.

"It was a lovely city, a beautiful city, a fair city, a veritable gem of a city" What figure of speech is it?

a)

alliteration

b)

gradation

c)

Assonance

d)

metaphor

11.

Which sentence is an oxymore?

a)

a beautiful silence

b)

a deafening silence

c)

a quiet silence

d)

a dreadful silence

12.

Find 3 personifications

a)

The ocean danced in the moonlight

b)

the wind whispered

c)

The spoon ran away with the dishes

d)

the sun goes down

13.

"She's as fierce as a tiger" What figure of speech is it?

a)

a simile

b)

an oxymore

c)

a personification

d)

a metaphor

14.

What's an acrostic?

a)

I don't remember

b)

is a poem in which the first letter (or syllable, or word) of each line (or paragraph, or other recurring feature in the text) spells out a metaphor

c)

is a poem or other composition in which the first letter (or syllable, or word) of each line (or paragraph, or other recurring feature in the text) spells out a word

d)

a figure of speech or other composition in which the first letter (or syllable, or word) of each line (or paragraph, or other recurring feature in the text) spells out a word

15.

Who created the "swing"?

a)

Louis Amstrong

b)

Jesse Owens

c)

Neil Amstrong

d)

The Hot Five

16.

We discovered hiplet last month! .... is so empowering!

Complete the sentence with the correct pronoun

a)

It

b)

They

c)

We

d)

She

17.

Kanye West made a song about Chicago named...

a)

Home sweet home

b)

Homecoming

c)

Coming home

d)

Let's go home

18.

Find the odd one

a)

improvise

b)

jazz

c)

cornet

d)

electric guitar

19.

Find the odd one

a)

lyrics

b)

song

c)

chorus

d)

memory

20.

Check the words connected to Chicago

a)

hub

b)

music

c)

diversity

d)

energy

21.

Find the last word "Chicago has my heart, don’t ask me to leave, don’t force me to .... "

a)

show

b)

go

c)

slow

d)

sorrow

22.

"Chicago, you have my ...., split into, like the city and stories you tell. "

a)

heart

b)

brain

c)

soul

d)

thoughts

23.

"Rise Chicago, this body, politic will rise, our .... will burn, again"

a)

house

b)

chimney

c)

satire

d)

fire

24.

swing =

a)

rhythmic blues-based music played on guitar, bass, drums

b)

a genre that combines elements of gospel music, R&B and pop

c)

up-tempo jazz for dancing played by big bands or jazz orchestras

d)

an instrument that makes and combines electronic sounds

25.

jazz is :

a)

rap music made with jazz samples or instruments

b)

a genre in which artists improvise within a rhythmic and harmonic framework

c)

80s dance music similar to disco but with more electronic sounds

d)

a genre of popular music in Latin America and Spain that has complex rhythms

26.

The city Chicago tries to bring different communities thanks to

a)

orchestra

b)

food

c)

opera

d)

hip hop

27.

"Project Inclusion" aims at

a)

including more teens in opera

b)

giving minority people a chance to stand up for themselves in classical arts

c)

giving young people a chance to stand up for themselves in classical arts

d)

giving minority people a chance to stand up for themselves in hip-hop music

28.

The poem "Chicago has my heart" was written by

a)

Ravyn Lenae

b)

Jessie Owen

c)

Kayle Cohen

d)

Kevin Coval

29.

What's a "hub"?

a)

une plaque tournante

b)

un carrefour

c)

une impasse

d)

un port

30.

Chicago is the birthplace of electro music?

a)

true

b)

false

31.

Which artist is known for the song "Chicago"?

a)

Twista

b)

R. Kelly

c)

Common

d)

Chance the Rapper

32.

“How much is changing the face of classical music worth to you?”

4 lines
33.

Où se place le pronom personnel complément "He watches her"?

a)

à la fin de la phrase

b)

avant le verbe

c)

après le verbe

34.

We discovered hiplet last month! It is so empowering!

a)

"We" est pronom personnel sujet

b)

"It" est pronom personnel complément.

c)

"It" est pronom personnel sujet.

35.

"The Sinfonietta really convinced him to start playing an instrument."

a)

"him" est pronom personnel complément

b)

"him" est pronom personnel sujet

36.

“Reach for the stars, so if you fall you land on the clouds.” K. West

a)

This is a quote that encourages the listener to reach for their goals

b)

This is a quote that encourages the listener to stay in their comfort zone

c)

This is a quote that encourages the listener to pursue your dreams