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CH 12-16 Review Quiz

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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:

Question #1
A  The Cuban Revolution led to an embargo on Cuban cultural imports.
B  Saxophonist Stan Getz recorded several bossa nova records after his association with guitarist Charlie Byrd.
C  Touring musicians discovered the songs of Antonio Carlos Jobim.
D  Bossa nova’s aggressive rhythms fit the revolutionary spirit of 1960s America.
Question #3
A  It is the foundation for the contrasting rhythms played by the rest of the ensemble.
B  Clave originated in Cuba.
C  It is an asymmetrical, two-measure rhythmic pattern.
D  Clave is the Spanish word for “keystone.”
Question #4
A  rumba
B  cha-cha-cha
C  mambo
D  all of the answers
Question #5
A  to perform with perfect rhythmic accuracy
B  to blend into the ensemble like an instrumentalist
C  to communicate the meaning of the lyrics through his phrasing
D  to sing long phrases without breathing
Question #6
A  A large repertory of high-quality songs had been created between the 1920s and the 1950s.
B  There were many gifted vocalists.
C  Singers abandoned jazz and swing styles, updating the songbook with fresh new pop arrangements.
D  The rise of television helped sustain the careers of established performers.
Question #9
A  Lionel Hampton
B  Cab Calloway
C  Louis Jordan
D  Louis Armstrong
Question #10
A  popular music
B  world music
C  gospel music
D  classical music
Question #11
A  Eric Dolphy
B  John Coltrane
C  Benny Goodman
D  Sonny Rollins
Question #12
A  Free Jazz
B  Tomorrow is the Question
C  Song X
D  The Shape of Jazz to Come
Question #16
A  blues
B  classical
C  swing
D  bebop
Question #17
A  Scott La Faro
B  Charles Mingus
C  Charlie Haden
D  Paul Chambers
Question #19
A  post-jazz
B  free jazz
C  Black Music
D  anti-jazz
Question #20
A  he devastation of World War I
B  the emergence of African American artists as equal to their white counterparts
C  the expansion of women’s rights
D  new technology that enabled rapid communication across long distances
Question #21
A  philosophy
B  theater
C  military
D  visual art
Question #22
A  My Favorite Things
B  Giant Steps
C  Sun Ship
D  A Love Supreme
Question #23
A  Lee Konitz and Gerry Mulligan
B  Cannonball Adderley and John Coltrane
C  Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt
D  Charlie Parker and Lester Young
Question #24
A  Philly Jo Jones
B  Elvin Jones
C  Tony Williams
D  Jimmy Cobb
Question #25
A  Gil Evans
B  Miles Davis
C  Wayne Shorter
D  John Coltrane
Question #28
A  The Birth of the Cool
B  Kind of Blue
C  Milestones
D  Sketches of Spain
Question #30
A  Dizzy Gillespie
B  Charlie Parker
C  Max Roach
D  Thelonious Monk
Question #31
A  harmony
B  instrumentation
C  intonation
D  melody
Question #32
A  He invented the theory behind modal jazz.
B  He was the most consistent in his musical output over two decades.
C  He was the most vocal advocate of Civil Rights.
D  He had a great capacity for change.
Question #33
A  Walkin’
B  Kind of Blue
C  Milestones
D  Birth of the Cool
Question #34
A  Marian McPartland
B  Mary Lou Williams
C  Bud Powell
D  Bill Evans
Question #35
A  harmonic substitution
B  modalism
C  fusion
D  bebop
Question #36
A  a wide range of instrumental registers
B  generous use of counterpoint
C  a close musical connection to the harmonies and textures of the original composition
D  sonorous slow-moving chords
Question #37
A  an arranger
B  a music theorist
C  a concert organizer
D  a pianist
Question #38
A  It criticized President Eisenhower.
B  It was pro-communist.
C  It was pro-integration.
D  It was pro-women’s rights.
Question #39
A  John Coltrane
B  Charlie Rouse
C  Sonny Rollins
D  Ben Webster
Question #40
A  ’Round Midnight
B  Hackensack
C  Ruby, My Dear
D  Epistrophy
Question #41
A  classical chamber music forms
B  short breaks
C  stride piano
D  standard jazz and pop themes
Question #42
A  Horace Silver
B  Lennie Tristano
C  Dave Brubeck
D  John Lewis
Question #45
A  stereo recording
B  wire recorders
C  33 ⅓-rpm microgroove LPs
D  45-rpm records
Question #47
A  John Lewis
B  Gil Evans
C  Gunther Schuller
D  Claude Thornhill
Question #48
A  a more relaxed pace than bebop
B  warm timbres emphasizing each instrument’s middle range
C  a balance between composition and improvisation
D  an insistent pulse for dancers
Question #49
A  in the aftermath of bop, when the multiplicity of schools made a unifying term necessary
B  in the late 1960s, when avant-garde improvisers began denying the influence of jazz
C  in the 1920s, when New Orleans jazz began to spread worldwide
D  during the Swing Era, when jazz was the nation’s popular music
Question #50
A  hard bop fans shunning Dizzy Gillespie as a corporate sell-out
B  bebop fans shunning the 1960s avant-garde as noise
C  Dixieland fans shunning Louis Armstrong’s embrace of popular songs
D  swing fans shunning bebop as undanceable