Week 3: Tuva, pt. 3, quiz with correct answers in bold.

1. The first contact between the west and Tuva was initiated by the lineage that
includes:

1. There was always contact between the west and Tuva

2. Huun Huur Tu touring the west
3. Theodore Levin, Yo-Yo Ma, and the Silk Road Project
4. Richard Feynman, Ralph Leighton, Paul Pena

2. Which of the following best describes the musical exchange documented in

Genghis Blues?
[Please note: "fair trade" as used here is not in any way meant to evoke similarly
named trade agreements between nations.]

1. Multi-media, "fair trade" (Cultural Exchange in Malm's sense)

2. Competitive, interpreted as a chance to make a point about American
Cultural Imperialism
3. Educational, with Pena as the teacher
4. Commercially driven, mutually beneficial

3. A group of renowned musicians who pioneered touring Tuvan music in the west,
initiating Lineage 2 is:

1. Yo-Yo Ma
2. Paul Pena
3. Huun Huur Tu
4. Bela Fleck and the Flecktones

4. Lineage 3 is constituted by a group of musicians who mix western art ('classical')

music with the traditional musics of the countries found along the historic trade
route between Europe and Asia. Their name is:

1. Alash Ensemble
2. Genghis’ Bluesmen
3. Silk Road Project
4. Back Tuva Future

5. The frontman of the Silk Road Project is a classical musician; what are his name
and instrument?

1. Lang Lang, piano

2. Yo-Yo Ma, violin
3. Kongar-ol Ondar, voice
4. Yo-Yo Ma, cello