Saint Mary Academy

Augustinian Recollect Sisters

Guindulman,

SECOND QUARTERLY TEST

MUSIC 10
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Grade and Section: ___________________ Date: January 6-7, 2021 Miss Creslie Marie C. Añana

I. Directions: Pick the letter of the correct answer. Write your answers on the blank provided.
______1. Which does not belong to the group?
a. Scottish Songs b. Folk Songs c. Broadside Ballads d. Rock and Roll e Irish Songs
______2. What is known to be an extension of RnB?
a. Soul b. Punk Rock c. Country Music d. Heavy Metal e. Rock and Roll
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______3. How do 18 century English songs differ from broadside ballads?
a. 18th century English songs are simple. d. 18th century English songs have meaningful lyrics
b. 8 century English songs are for entertainment purposes. e. 18 th century English songs are appealing.
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c. 18th century English songs are made to earn a profit.

______4. How are the heavy metal pop music and punk rock music similar?
a. Both are loud music. c. Both deal rebellion and violence. e. Both a and b.
b. Both involve electric guitars. d. Both a and c.
______5. What Latin word is the word popular derived from?
a. People b. for the people c. populus d. populous e. pop
______6. How are rhythm and blues commonly called today?
a. Western music b. RnB c. reggae d. OPM e. pop
______7. Which of the origins of popular music is typically performed in big places?
a. Broadside ballads b. Irish songs c. 18th century English songs d. Folk songs e. Scottish songs
______8. Who brought rock and roll to international attention?
a. Justin Bieber b. Celine Deon c. Linkin Park d. Elvis Presley e. BTS
______9. What are Scottish and Irish songs?
a. These are songs with pentatonic melodies and Romantic lyrics. d. These are narrative songs.
b. These are songs similar to broadside ballads. e. None of the aforementioned.
c. These are topical narrative songs.
______10. What does the origin of the word popular mean?
a. People b. for the people c. populus d. populous e. pop
______11. Which of the following genres has musical instrumentation from black gospel music?
a. Soul b. Punk Rock c. Country Music d. Heavy Metal e. Rock and Roll
______12. What is a folk song?
a. These are songs with pentatonic melodies and Romantic lyrics. d. These are topical narrative songs.
b. These are songs similar to broadside ballads. e. None of the aforementioned.
c. These are narrative songs passed on orally to different generations.
______13. Where is western music derived from?
a. American popular music c. white gospel music e. both b and c
b. Instrumental dance pieces d. working class of South London
______14. What is not a feature of rock and roll?
a. Uses electric guitars c. involves youth-oriented text e. None of the aforementioned.
b. Deals with themes rejecting values and religion d. Has a strong syncopated rhythm
______15. What do some scholars say on popular music?
a. That it is a brilliant type of music c. That it is a distracting type of music e. both b and d
b. That it is an inferior type of music d. That it is a disturbing type of music
______16. What is the most distinguished characteristic of punk rock?
a. It has a strong beat in quadruple meter. d. It has forceful and repetitive rhythms.
b. It has intense and spontaneous arrangement of music. e. It has very loud amplification of instruments.
c. It involves nihilistic lyrics.
______17. Which is not one of the features of broadside ballads?
a. Broadside ballads are for entertainment purposes. d. Broadside ballads are appealing.
b. Broadside ballads are made to earn a profit. e. Broadside ballads have meaningful lyrics
c. Broadside ballads are simple.
______18. How is country music performed?
a. It is performed by scratching. d. It is performed with nasal tone characteristic of the Southern accent.
b. It is performed by dressing unconventionally. e. It is performed with loud amplification.
c. It is performed by freestyle dancing.
______19. Where does the early popular music come from?
a. Scottish Songs b. Folk Songs c. Broadside Ballads d. Rock and Roll e Irish Songs
______20. What is the characteristic of R&B?
a. It has a strong beat in quadruple meter. d. It involves nihilistic lyrics.
b. It has very loud amplification of instruments. e. It has intense and spontaneous arrangement of music.
c. It has forceful and repetitive rhythms.
______21. Which is true about disco?
a. Disco is a rock music intended to be danced. d. Disco is a fast style of music involving outrageous lyrics.
b. Disco has repetitive rhythm. e. Disco in influenced by American blues.
c. Disco has an element of a soul music.
______22. Which genres of pop music is chanted to a highly rhythmic, dance-based accompaniment?
a. Disco b. Heavy Metal c. Rap d. Soul e. RnB
______23. What does disco encourage from its listeners?
a. Outrageous clothing b. loud shouting c. tapping of beats d. heartfelt singing e. freestyle dancing
______24. How is the rhythmic background of rap produced?
a. by scratching. d. by freestyle dancing.
b. by dressing unconventionally. e. by with loud amplification.
c. by nasal tone characteristic of the Southern accent.
______25. Where does the punk rock originate from?
a. American popular music c. white gospel music e. both b and c
b. Instrumental dance pieces d. working class of South London

II. Directions: Write True if the statement is true. If not, change the underlined word or phrase that makes the statement
erroneous with the correct one. Write your answers on the blank provided.
_________________1. Forceful and repetitive rhythms of rap were played usually on piano.
_________________2. Soul’s musical instrumentation is from Motown.
_________________3. Keep a Drivin of Chuck Willis has a strong beat in quadruple meter.
_________________4. Popular music is composed and published to make profit.
_________________5. Popular music evolved from its various origins.
_________________6. Attention-grabbing stage acts are one of the characteristics of Heavy Metal.
_________________7. Jailhouse Rock of Elvis Presley is a famous Rock and Roll pop music.
_________________8. Popular music has one distinct musical style.
_________________9. A Paranoid by Black Sabbath has syncopated rhythm.
_________________10. RnB is an American popular music influenced by the African blues.
_________________11. Soul and RnB both make use of electric guitars.
_________________12. Achy Breaky Heart by Billy Ray Cyrus is an example of Rock and Roll.
_________________13. One of the characteristics of Anarchy in the UK by Sex Pistols is that it has dominant electric guitar
sound.
_________________14. Popular music is a broad term for the kinds of music for the selected classes of people.
_________________15. Heavy Metal has simple repetitive lyrics and a strong Latin-American rhythm.

III. Directions: Answer the questions concisely. Your answers will be scored according to its content (7 pts), organization
of ideas (3 pts.) and originality (5 pts.).
1. Based on what you learned, give at least two defining characteristics of Pop Music. Explain each characteristic briefly.

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2. What pop music or song will you introduce to various people today in the time of pandemic? What is the reason of your
choice?

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