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The Jazz Age

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Jazz Age was a period in the...

a)

1700s and 1800s

b)

1920s and 1930s

c)

1930s and 1940s

d)

2001 and 2003

2.

Throughout the 1920s, jazz music evolved into an integral part of American popular culture.

a)

true

b)

false

3.

He was the greatest jazz composer and bandleader of his time. ... His gift of melody and mastery of sonic textures, rhythms, and compositional forms translated into a body of music unequaled in jazz history.

a)

Duke Ellington

b)

Louis Armstrong

c)

Eddie Lang

d)

Benny Goodman

4.

Who is Josephine Baker?

a)

Josephine Baker was an American -born musician.

b)

Josephine Baker was an American-born French dancer and singer

c)

Josephine Baker was an American -born a Singer

5.

In the 1920s...

a)

when jazz still garnered a segment of the popular audience. But with the rise in popularity of the Beatles and television becoming the dominant form of entertainment, jazz clubs began to close, putting musicians out of work.

b)

the center for jazz moved from New Orleans to Chicago and New York City.

c)

jazz funk became popular, characterized by a strong back beat (groove), electrified sounds, and often, the presence of the first electronic analog synthesizers.

d)

the nervous energy and tension of bebop were replaced with a tendency towards calm and smoothness, with the sounds of cool jazz, which favored long, linear melodic lines.

6.

Who was the vibraphonist for the Modern Jazz Quartet?

a)

Kenneth Clarke Spearman

b)

Milt Jackson

c)

Connie Kay

d)

John Aaron Lewis

7.

The (a)   was a period in the 1920s and 1930s in which jazz music and dance styles rapidly gained nationwide popularity in the United States.

8.

What are the types of jazz age dances?

a)

Foxtrot.

b)

The Dab.

c)

Youth Dances.

d)

Charleston.

9.

If you were in the jazz age and in a jazz band, what instrument would you play?

a)

saxophone

b)

bass

c)

drums

d)

piano

10.

Music is engrained in the soul of Louisiana. The birthplace of jazz, zydeco, Cajun, and swamp pop, Louisiana has also inspired genres ranging from blues and country to hip-hop, gospel, rap, and rock 'n' roll.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What was the female

dancers called in the 1920s?

a)

"Samba"

b)

"Rumba"

c)

"dippers"

d)

“flappers"

12.

The Jazz Age was a post-World War II movement in the 1930s from which jazz music and dance emerged.

a)

False

b)

true