Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The British Invasion specifically refers to:
a. | British bands that dominated the world charts from
1960–1970 | b. | British bands that dominated the world charts from
1963–1973 | c. | British bands that dominated the world charts from
1960–1966 | d. | British bands that dominated the world charts from
1963–1966 |
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The Beatles’ chart domination started in the US with:
a. | ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’ | b. | ‘Eleanor Rigby’ | c. | ‘All my
Loving’ | d. | ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’ |
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Other British Invasion bands included:
a. | The Byrds and the Kinks | b. | Herman’s Hermits and the
Byrds | c. | Herman’s Hermits and Manfred Mann | d. | The Kinks and the
Monkees |
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The British Invasion songs featured:
a. | strong melodies, no dance beat and faster tempos than teen pop | b. | strong melodies, no
dance beat and slower tempos than teen pop | c. | strong melodies, strong dance beat and faster
tempos than teen pop | d. | strong melodies, strong dance beat and slower
tempos than teen pop |
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The song ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’ uses:
a. | a variation on the 32-bar popular song form | b. | a variation on the
ice-cream chord progression | c. | a variation on the 16-bar blues
progression | d. | a variation on the 12-bar blues progression |
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The Beatles’ bass lines are characterised by:
a. | doo-wop bass lines | b. | descending bass lines | c. | walking bass
lines | d. | blues-based bass lines |
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The Beatles’ melodies often comprised:
a. | irregular phrased melodies with poetic lyrics | b. | irregular phrased
melodies with teenage lyrics | c. | symmetrical melodies with poetic
lyrics | d. | symmetrical melodies with teenage lyrics |
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What was Australia’s most famous ‘beatlemania’ band?
a. | Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs | b. | The Easybeats | c. | AC/DC | d. | Normie Rowe |
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The dorian mode comprises white notes from:
a. | D – D | b. | E – E | c. | G –
G | d. | A – A |
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Brain researcher Daniel Levitin states that:
a. | Beatles melodies stick in the mind because they use a wide range of
intervals | b. | Beatles melodies stick in the mind because of the quality of their
singing | c. | Beatles melodies stick in the mind because of they are often sung in foreign
languages | d. | Beatles melodies stick in the mind because of their unexpected irregular
phrasing |
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Who spearheaded the folk protest movement in the early 1960s?
a. | Pete Seegar | b. | Bob Dylan | c. | Woody
Guthrie | d. | Joan Baez |
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What did folk protest singers sing about?
a. | War, intolerance and teenage issues | b. | War, racism and teenage
issues | c. | War, intolerance and racism | d. | War, intolerance and
prices |
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Folk protest artists initially favoured acoustic instruments because:
a. | these instruments didn’t distract from the words | b. | these instruments
were cheap and portable | c. | these instruments made their voices sound
better | d. | these instruments were easy to play |
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Folk rock commenced:
a. | when Bob Dylan moved to Newport | b. | when Bob Dylan played an electric set at
Woodstock | c. | when Bob Dylan joined the Byrds | d. | when Bob Dylan played an electric set at the
Newport Folk Festival |
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What is the most important element of folk protest music?
a. | The rhythm, because people can dance to it. | b. | The melody, because
people can remember it. | c. | The lyrics, because they convey the message of
the song. | d. | The chords, because they provide musical colour. |
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What is the story behind Don McLean’s song ‘American
Pie’?
a. | No-one really knows because he has never divulged the true
meaning. | b. | The death of Elvis, Bob Dylan and the Beatles. | c. | The careers of
President Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy. | d. | The death of Buddy
Holly, the Big Bopper and Richie Valens. |
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Australia has a long folk tradition dating back to:
a. | the 1950s | b. | the bushranging era | c. | Federation | d. | the convict era |
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The song ‘Bridal Train’ tells the story of:
a. | Australian brides who married US servicemen during the Korean War | b. | Australian brides
who married US servicemen during World War I | c. | Australian brides who married US servicemen
during World War II | d. | Australian brides who married US servicemen
during the Vietnam War |
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What is the dobro?
a. | A distinctive resonator guitar built by the Gibson company | b. | A distinctive bass
guitar built by the Fender company | c. | A distinctive Mexican acoustic
guitar | d. | A distinctive Australian tin whistle |
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The hippie movement of the late 1960s was centred around:
a. | the Haight-Ashbury district of Memphis | b. | the Haight-Ashbury district of San
Francisco | c. | the Haight-Ashbury district of New York | d. | the Haight-Ashbury
district of Los Angeles |
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