Soundscapes 3rd Edition By Kay Kaufman Shelemay – Test Bank
Chapter 04: Music and Migration
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following factors is a variable that can influence the sounds, settings, and significance of immigrant musical life?
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a. |
The date of an individual’s immigration |
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b. |
Whether the migration was forced or voluntary |
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c. |
The immigrant’s age, gender, and ethnic or religious identity |
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d. |
The immigrant’s economic situation and educational background |
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e. |
All of the above |
ANS: E DIF: Easy REF: 165 TOP: Migration
MSC: Conceptual
2. The migration of many people to North and South America in search of new religious and economic opportunities is best described as:
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a. |
chain migration. |
d. |
temporary sojourn. |
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b. |
voluntary migration. |
e. |
None of the above |
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c. |
forced migration. |
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ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: 166 TOP: Migration
MSC: Applied
3. Which of the following songs best exemplifies music’s ability to recount in detail a modern immigration process?
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a. |
Who Is Walking on the Endless Road |
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b. |
Standing on the Shore |
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c. |
A Thousand Miles from Home |
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d. |
Uncle Ng Comes to the Gold Mountain |
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e. |
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen |
ANS:DDIF:MediumREF:173
TOP: The Chinese Migration | East Asia MSC: Applied
4.A must, such as Uncle Ng Comes to the Gold Mountain, usually includes all of the following musical elements EXCEPT:
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a. |
vocables. |
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b. |
strophic form. |
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c. |
syllabic text setting. |
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d. |
distinct musical sections based on the storyline. |
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e. |
cadences shaped by the linguistic tone at the end of a poetic line. |
ANS:BDIF: HardREF:170–174
TOP: The Chinese Migration | East Asia MSC: Applied
5.The song Happy Birthday is an example of what type of text setting?
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a. |
Polyphonic |
d. |
Neumatic |
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b. |
Polyrhythmic |
e. |
Syllabic |
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c. |
Melismatic |
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ANS:EDIF:MediumREF:173 | 188
TOP: The Chinese Migration | East Asia | The Vietnamese Migration | Southeast Asia
MSC: Applied
6.Singing many notes per syllable of text is what type of text setting?
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a. |
Polyphonic |
d. |
Neumatic |
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b. |
Polyrhythmic |
e. |
Syllabic |
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c. |
Melismatic |
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ANS:CDIF:MediumREF:173 | 188
TOP: The Chinese Migration | East Asia | The Vietnamese Migration | Southeast Asia
MSC: Factual
7. The principal plucked chordophone in the Arab world is the:
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a. |
tanpura. |
d. |
‘ud. |
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b. |
violin. |
e. |
ho. |
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c. |
sitar. |
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ANS:DDIF:MediumREF:178
TOP: Arab Migration from the Middle East | Middle East MSC: Factual
8.Which of the following statements about the mawwal Standing on the Shore is true?
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a. |
It incorporates vocables into many lines of the text. |
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b. |
It includes glissandi in the cadences ending each section. |
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c. |
It comments on the pain of migration by using formal language. |
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d. |
It narrates in detail the various stages of one man’s migration experience. |
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e. |
It uses the image of waves to symbolize communication with the ancestral homeland. |
ANS:EDIF:HardREF:176–178
TOP: Arab Migration from the Middle East | Middle East MSC: Applied
9.The mawwal Standing on the Shore is an example of what type of texture?
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a. |
Monophonic |
d. |
Polyphonic |
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b. |
Homophonic |
e. |
Polyrhythmic |
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c. |
Heterophonic |
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ANS:CDIF:MediumREF:176–177
TOP: Arab Migration from the Middle East | Middle East MSC: Applied
10.The mawwal Standing on the Shore alternates between refrains in duple meter and interludes in:
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a. |
free rhythm. |
d. |
quadruple meter. |
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b. |
duple meter. |
e. |
None of the above |
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c. |
triple meter. |
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ANS:ADIF:MediumREF:176–177
TOP: Arab Migration from the Middle East | Middle East MSC: Applied
11.Forced migration may occur because of all the following factors EXCEPT:
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a. |
famine. |
d. |
war. |
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b. |
conquest. |
e. |
economic opportunity. |
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c. |
slavery. |
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ANS:EDIF:EasyREF:163 | 179–180
TOP: Forced Migration MSC: Conceptual
12.Which of the following was a highly influential musical repertory that formed as African American slaves were converted to New World Christianity?
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a. |
Blues |
d. |
Spirituals |
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b. |
Ballads |
e. |
Field hollers |
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c. |
Laments |
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ANS:DDIF:EasyREF:180
TOP: African Forced Migrations | North America MSC: Factual
13.If you sang a line of an African American spiritual alone and the rest of your class answered you as a chorus, you would be performing in which of the following styles?
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a. |
Biphonic |
d. |
Heterophonic |
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b. |
Polyrhythmic |
e. |
Fugal |
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c. |
Call-and-response |
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ANS:CDIF:EasyREF:181
TOP: African Forced Migrations | North America MSC: Applied
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