Z201/History of Rock Music I: Sample Quiz

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Example audio clip A.

• 1. Artist:
  a. Willie Mae Thornton
  b. Bessie Smith
  c. Ruth Brown
  d. Sister Rosetta Tharpe
  e. none of the above

• 2. This song is an example of:
  a. swing
  b. classic blues
  c. urban blues
  d. delta blues
  e. gospel

• 3. Artist:
  a. Ernest Tubb
  b. Robert Johnson
  c. Hank Williams
  d. Jimmie Rodgers
  e. none of the above

• 4. Song Title:
  a. Can the Circle Be Unbroken
  b. Brian Cloudy Bluesi
  c. Preaching Blues
  d. Love in Vain
  e. none of the above

• 5. Artist:
  a. Howlin' Wolf
  b. Robert Johnson
  c. T-Bone Walker
  d. B. B. King
  e. none of the above

• 6. This song is an example of:
  a. swing
  b. classic blues
  c. urban blues
  d. Delta blues
  e. boogie-woogie

• 7. Artist:
  a. The Soul Stirrers
  b. Hank Ballard & the Midnighters
  c. The Drifters
  d. The Clovers
  e. none of the above

• 8. Song Title:
  a. Work With Me Annie
  b. Have Mercy Baby
  c. Sixty Minute Man
  d. Money Honey
  e. none of the above

• 9. Artist:
  a. Gene Autry
  b. Louis Jordan
  c. Hank Williams
  d. Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
  e. none of the above

• 10. This song is an example of:
  a. honky-tonk
  b. bluegrass
  c. string band music
  d. country-politan
  e. western swing

• 11. Artist:
  a. Etta James
  b. Ruth Brown
  c. Willie Mae Thornton
  d. Bessie Smith
  e. none of the above

• 12. Record Label:
  a. Sun
  b. Atlantic
  c. RCA
  d. Chess
  e. Dot

• 13. Artist:
  a. Howlin' Wolf
  b. Robert Johnson
  c. T-Bone Walker
  d. Muddy Waters
  e. none of the above

• 14. Song Title:
  a. Crossroads Blues
  b. I'm Ready
  c. Preaching Blues
  d. How Many More Years
  e. none of the above

• 15. Artist:
  a. Roy Milton
  b. Louis Jordan
  c. T-Bone Walker
  d. Wynonie Harris
  e. none of the above

• 16. This song is an example of:
  a. jump blues
  b. classic blues
  c. rural blues
  d. western swing
  e. club blues

• 17. Artist:
  a. Hank Williams
  b. Roy Acuff
  c. Hank Snow
  d. Ernest Tubb
  e. Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

• 18. Song Title:
  a. Walking the Floor Over You
  b. Your Cheatin' Heart
  c. Country Gentleman
  d. I'm Movin' On
  e. Brain Cloudy Blues

• 19. Artist:
  a. The Soul Stirrers
  b. The Swan Silvertones
  c. The Sensational Nightingales
  d. The Clovers
  e. none of the above

• 20. This is an example of:
  a. a "cover" version
  b. 12-bar blues
  c. boogie-woogie
  d. vamping
  e. all of the above

• 21. Popularized group singing and established the group sound as the best vehicle for inroads to the pop market:
  a. Ink Spots
  b. Ravens
  c. Dominoes
  d. Soul Stirrers
  e. Comets

• 22. First recorded in 1927 in Bristol, Tennessee:
  a. Hank Williams
  b. Robert Johnson
  c. The Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers
  d. Muddy Waters
  e. Bessie Smith

• 23. The King of Western Swing:
  a. Bob Wills
  b. Count Basie
  c. Ernest Tubb
  d. Howlin' Wolf
  e. none of the above

• 24. Record label that was home to Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf & other great Chicago blues:
  a. Sun
  b. Chess
  c. Atlantic
  d. Capitol
  e. Imperial

• 25. An R&B record that became a pop hit was called a:
  a. crossover
  b. chart jumper
  c. cover
  d. race record
  e. slider

• 26. "Sold his soul" to the Devil for his talent, and was poisoned by a jealous husband:
  a. Howlin' Wolf
  b. Robert Johnson
  c. A. P. Carter
  d. Muddy Waters
  e. Jimmie Rodgers

• 27. The "W. C. Handy" of gospel music:
  a. C. L. Franklin
  b. Sam Cooke
  c. Thomas A. Dorsey
  d. Phil Chess
  e. Mahalia Jackson

• 28. The first famous example of a "cover" was:
  a. "Sh-Boom"
  b. "Crying in the Chapel"
  c. "Rocket 88"
  d. "Hearts of Stone"
  e. "Sixty Minute Man"

• 29. The most popular of the jump blues bandleaders:
  a. Louis Jordan
  b. Nat "King" Cole
  c. Alan Freed
  d. Roy Milton
  e. Joe Turner

• 30. The song made famous by the movie "The Blackboard Jungle" was:
  a. "Hound Dog"
  b. "Sixty Minute Man"
  c. "Shake, Rattle & Roll"
  d. "Rock Around the Clock"
  e. "Heartbreak Hotel"