African American Music Unit Practice Test

When a soloist sings a line and the group answers in echo behind them, it is called:

Slaves working in the fields would often sing this type of work song:

Slaves were taught Christianity in hopes that they'd be more _____. Instead, it gave them hope.

• Obstinate

• Obedient

• Oblivious

• Ostentatious

Label these lyrics with the most likely genre they would fit into:

c

Spiritual

Blues

Hip-Hop

Jazz

Spirituals were often used by slaves as code songs to accomplish what task:

• Let each other know when the slave owners were coming

• Share stories and gossip

• Alert each other of plans to escape

• Communicate with their ancestors

Match the following Spiritual with it's coded message:

• dogs can't track scent in the river

• "Wade in the Water"

• prepare for escape

• "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"

• the north star in the "big dipper"

• "Follow the Drinking Gourd"

• escape to the north/Canada

• "Bound for the Promised Land"

What is the name of this ensemble that became successful singing African American Spirituals?

d

Fisk University Singers

French Joyeux Singers

Finch University Singers

Fisk Jubilee Singers

Spirituals were performed:

• A Cappella

• With organ and tambourine

• With guitar and harmonica

• Only in church

Besides Memphis, TN and the Mississippi Delta, another prominent city in Blues history is:

• Bronx, NY

• Chicago, IL

• Harlem, NY

• New Orleans, LA

Two artists we discussed who are Blues legends are:

b

d

Scott Joplin

B.B. King

Billie Holiday

Muddy Waters