Question 1
2 out of 2 points
Which is an important characteristic of African music?
Selected Answer:
All of these choices
Question 2
0 out of 2 points
Which of the following was the most influential playwright to attack the injustice of apartheid in
South Africa?
Selected Answer:
Gibson Kente
Question 3
2 out of 2 points
A few African musicians, especially drummers, earn their living as performers.
Selected Answer:
True
Question 4
2 out of 2 points
One type of African healer that uses home remedies or charms to remove evil is a
Selected Answer:
root doctor.
Question 5
2 out of 2 points
What is one type of cow pea which is found in West Africa?
Selected Answer:
black-eyed pea
Question 6
2 out of 2 points
Who was the most famous South African dramatist?
Selected Answer:
Athol Fugard
Question 7
2 out of 2 points
In the history of Africans in the U.S., the legal enslavement period began in
Selected Answer:
1619.
Question 8
2 out of 2 points
Most African playwrites choose to write in English, because it is the most commonly understood
language in Africa.
Selected Answer:
False
Question 9
0 out of 2 points
The Egungen, a Yoruba festival, has religious overtones and uses theater as a way to bring blessings
to the community and to relieve them of their sins.
Selected Answer:
False
Question 10
2 out of 2 points
In Africa, illness would never be viewed as being a punishment from God.
Selected Answer:
False
Question 11
2 out of 2 points
One-dish meals, such as stews, were popular with the black slaves because they were easy to carry
to the fields.
Selected Answer:
True
Question 12
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following are themes developed in The Strong Breed?
Selected Answer:
All of the above
Question 13
2 out of 2 points
The first black Christian church founded in the 1770s in South Carolina was what denomination?
Selected Answer:
Baptist
Question 14
2 out of 2 points
Voodoo is a spirituality that is both African and Caribbean in origin.
Selected Answer:
True
Question 15
2 out of 2 points
In African indigenous performances, audience participation is expected
Selected Answer:
True
Question 16
2 out of 2 points
Much African music is functional in that it complements activities in daily life.
Selected Answer:
True
Question 17
0 out of 2 points
Muslim communities have been important developers of theater and performance for centuries.
Selected Answer:
True
Question 18
2 out of 2 points
A peanut candy found in West Africa is called what?
Selected Answer:
kanya
Question 19
2 out of 2 points
Colonialism had no effect on the cultural activity of North Africa
Selected Answer:
False
Question 20
2 out of 2 points
The most popular contemporary theatrical form in Nigeria is Yoruba opera
Selected Answer:
True
