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Return to American Popular Music 6e Student Resources
Chapter 14 Quiz
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What event in 1988 brought an important milestone in the development of hip-hop as a mainstream art form?
The release of Run DMC's collaborative cover of "Walk This Way"
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Salt-N-Peppa's "Push It" hit number one on the pop charts
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The
Krush Groove
tour
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MTV's newly-launched show,
Yo! MTV Raps
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Which statement about the album
Document
is true?
It still contains the largest concentration of number one pop hits in history.
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It was REM's first Top 10 album.
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It was Eddie Van Halen last, disastrous attempt to woo back his fans after his band broke up.
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It was a huge flop for Nirvana following the success of
Nevermind
.
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Consider the following statement and choose the best response: "NWA's
Straight Outta Compton
, which is saturated with images of sex and violence, was intended to establish a distinctive West Coast identity within hip hop."
The statement is true.
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The statement is false because
Straight Outta Compton
is by Dr. Dre.
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The statement is false because
Straight Outta Compton
was intentionally crafted to exclude sex and violence to ensure wider distribution.
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The statement is false because this album was intended to establish a distinctive East Coast identity within hip hop.
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Which statement about Ani DiFranco's life and career is
not
true?
She began performing publicly at age nineteen.
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In 1990 she founded her own record label, Righteous Babe Records.
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Her 1997 live album
Living in Clip
became her first gold album.
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She received the Woman of Courage award from the National Organization of Women in 2006.
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Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio once bemoaned the band's string of number one hit singles as the reason for their eventual breakup.
True
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False
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Country artists George Strait, Toby Keith, and Alan Jackson do not make use of the traditional "hillbilly" yodeling in their music.
True
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False
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incorrect
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In the early 1980s, a new subtype of dance music called "house music" was developing in Miami.
True
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False
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incorrect
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Bluegrass artists Ralph Stanley and Alison Krauss are both featured on the soundtrack of
O Brother Where Art Thou
.
True
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False
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incorrect
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Listen to "Walk This Way," by Run DMC, focusing on the segment between about 18 seconds to 27 seconds. Which of the four musicians featured in this piece is on display in this segment?
Run
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DMC
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Tyler
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Perry
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Listen to "Night of the Living Baseheads," by Public Enemy, focusing on the segment starting at 1:09 and ending at 1:50.
Which statement about this piece is
not
true?
Chuck D uses multiple homonym-based puns in the lyrics.
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The rappers glorify the lifestyle of the urban drug dealer, crediting them with ingenuity in the face of systemic economic oppression.
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The piece contains digital samples from no fewer than thirteen different sources.
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The piece opens with an announcement of the arrival of a compelling performance, a common feature of rap recordings.
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incorrect
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Listen to the first 25 seconds of "What's My Name," by Snoop Doggy Dog. Which artist's work is sampled here?
George Clinton
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Run DMC
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Paul Simon
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Ice Cube
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Listen to "U.N.I.T.Y.," by Queen Latifah, and focus on the segment from between about 19 seconds and 40 seconds. What rhythmic device is used here?
Monorhythm
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Atonal syncopation
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Duple meter
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Backbeat
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Listen to the first 30 seconds from "Holiday in Cambodia," by Dead Kennedys. Which famous guitarist inspired the sonic landscape of this opening section?
Eric Clapton
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Jimi Hendrix
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Mark Knopfler
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Jimmy Page
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Listen to "Smells Like Teen Spirit," by Nirvana, focusing on the change from B to C sections that occurs between about :50 and 1:15. What musical practice does the band use to mark this formal change?
Textural shift in instrumentation
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Gradual decrescendo, or decrease in volume
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The song's language shifts from English to Cobain's native French
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Changing meter from duple to triple
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Listen to "Doo Wop (That Thing)," by Lauryn Hill. Focus on the segment from about 48 seconds to about 1:22. Which of the following is
not
a musical or textual component of this song?
Soul-based singing
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R&B-inspired harps
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Playful humor
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Moral seriousness
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Listen to "Nowhere to Stand," by k.d. lang and the Reclines, and focus on the segment from about 1:48 to 2:19. To what does the last line of this excerpt refer?
Judeo-Christian social justice teachings
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Child abuse
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Appreciation for the military
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The centrality of the arts
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