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History Of Folk Music
Test Description: Folk music
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Folk music is typically played on instruments that are:
A
Small and portable
B
Loud
C
Exotic
D
Difficult to play
2) The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot (yes, you have to look it up and listen to it) is an example of Atlantic Canadian folk music because:
A
It tells a story
B
It's a song about working on the sea
C
The melody is singable and repetitive
D
All of the above
3) In the song Tell My Ma by the Rankin Family, the girl being sung about is the belle of which city?
A
New York city
B
Kansas city
C
Belfast City
D
Salt Lake City
4) Why do Atlantic Canadian folk songs have so much in common with English, French, Scottish and Irish folk music?
A
Because a lot of English, French, Irish and Scottish people settled in Atlantic Canada and their music came with them
B
Don't click this, it isn't the answer
C
Because King George III banned all other kinds of music
D
Because English, French, Irish and Scottish folk music was popular worldwide
5) Which of these is NOT a common theme in Atlantic Canadian folk music?
A
Tall tales about life at sea
B
Work songs
C
Technology
D
Town gossip
6) Why is the sea and fishing such a frequent theme in Atlantic Canadian Folk music?
A
Don't click this, it's not the answer
B
Because Stan Rogers made it popular
C
Because fishing is a big part of the economy on the east coast and folk music captured day-to-day life
D
There's no reason, those are just the songs that became popular
7) Free turn!
A
Don't click here!
B
Click here!
C
Don't click here!
D
Don't click here!
8) The difference between a fiddle and violin is that:
A
Fiddles are larger than violins
B
Fiddles are made in Ireland and violins are made in Italy
C
Fiddles are played differently than violins
D
Fiddles are lighter in colour than violins
9) The narrator of Barrett's Privateers by Stan Rogers ends up a broken man on a pier in which city?
A
Fredericton
B
Halifax
C
Saint John
D
Dartmouth
10) The Log Drivers' Waltz is a Canadian folk song about which trade?
A
Fishing
B
Forestry
C
Log driving
D
Farming
11) True of false: folk music came about as way to share information with people who couldn't read
A
False
B
True
12) Troubadours and minstrels were folk musicians who:
A
Traveled from town to town playing music
B
Those are just words Miss Ready made up
C
Were employees of the king
13) In Catch the Wind by the Irish Descendants, the main voice is a:
A
male voice
B
female voice
C
there's no voice, the entire song is instrumental
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