MUSI 200 Week 7 Quiz

MUSI 200 Week 7 Quiz | American Public University System

Question 1                         

Who was a founding member of Chicago's legendary Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians?

Question options:

John Coltrane

Charlie Parker

Roscoe Mitchell

Miles Davis

Question 2                         

Which culture did NOT inhabit New Orleans in the 19th century?

Question options:

the Greeks

the Spanish

the French

the Australians

Question 3                         

Which type of jazz emerged from 1952-1960 as a reaction to Bebop, included slower "laid back" styles, and brought back older European concert forms?

Question options:

Ragtime

Cool

Fusion

Swing

Question 4                         

Which early Jazz style combined a "ragged" melody with a steady bass part?

Question options:

Ragtime

Funk

Swing

Bebop

Question 5                         

What is the most common polyrhythm?

Question options:

playing in 3 and 4 at the same time

playing in 2 and 4 at the same time

playing in 5 and 7 at the same time

playing in 1 and 3 at the same time

Question 6                         

What was Sippie Wallace famous for in the early 1900's?

Question options:

performing on jazz trombone

composing rags

having 13 children

singing the blues

Question 7                         

What was the primary purpose of Free Jazz from 1956-1969?

Question options:

to express form and structure that listeners could understand

to inspire younger players to practice and be more capable

to express sounds, not melody or form

to produce a rhythmic, dancing beat

Question 8                         

Who is the founder of Afro-Futurism?

Question options:

Miles Davis

Sun Ra

John Coltrane

George Clinton

Question 9                         

What jazz style used odd chord progressions, unpredictable forms, and avant-garde moods to express sounds rather than melodies?

Question options:

Free Jazz

Fusion

Bebop

Cool

Question 10                       

Where do most people believe Jazz music first began?

Question options:

Chicago

New York

New Orleans

on the Mississippi