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  1. 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?

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. Which statement about the album Document is true?

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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."

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. Which statement about Ani DiFranco's life and career is not true?

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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.

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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.

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. In the early 1980s, a new subtype of dance music called "house music" was developing in Miami.

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. Bluegrass artists Ralph Stanley and Alison Krauss are both featured on the soundtrack of O Brother Where Art Thou.

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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