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7. African Influence quiz Question 1 Question text Who was considered the best tap dancer of all time with the cleanest sounding taps making the most complex steps look easy? He also danced with Shirley Temple in the ...

7. African Influence quiz Question 1 Question text Who was considered the best tap dancer of all time with the cleanest sounding taps making the most complex steps look easy? He also danced with Shirley Temple in the video we watched in class. Select one: a. John Bubbles b. Gene Kelly c. Bill Robinson d. Gregory Hines Feedback The correct answer is: Bill Robinson Question 2 Question text Who is credited with naming the Lindy Hop? Select one: a. Norma Miller b. Frankie Manning c. Herbert White d. Shorty Snowden Feedback The correct answer is: Shorty Snowden Question 3 Question text The Class Act style of tap dancing exhibited a very classy aesthetic form of entertainment as the dancers performed identical steps in perfect synchronization. What is it sometimes referred to as? Select one: a. picture dancing b. sand dancing c. hoofing d. swing time Feedback The correct answer is: picture dancing Question 4 Question text Name the plantation dance that started out as an improvisation of stomping and shuffling steps and developed into fancy sliding jumps and hops incorporating bird like movements. Select one: a. Jig b. Cake-walkc. Juba d. Buck and Wing Feedback The correct answer is: Buck and Wing Question 5 Question text Name the plantation dance that included a challenge dance between two dancers as the onlookers formed a circle around the performers slapping, clapping and stomping out rhythms. Select one: a. Jig b. Cake-walk c. Juba d. Buck and Wing Feedback The correct answer is: Juba Question 6 Question text Slaves were bought from both black and white slave dealers in Africa who sold them as a commodity. Select one: True False Feedback The correct answer is 'True'. Question 7 Question text Name the spiritual dance of the slaves where they shuffle around in a circle clapping out rhythms and using a beating stick to create counter rhythms as they sing their praises to the Lord. Select one: a. Ring Dance b. Juba c. Frolic d. Ring Shout Feedback The correct answer is: Ring Shout Question 8 Question text On the ships that carried the slaves to a new world after the morning meal, slaves were brought up from the hold and a ceremony was conducted. What was this ceremony called? Select one: a. airing the slaves b. dancing the slavesc. cat-o-nine d. daily prayers Feedback The correct answer is: dancing the slaves Question 9 Question text Shango was a dance that Katherine Dunham had choreographed using undulating movements that she had witnessed in the Caribbean. What was the bases of this dance? Select one: a. A wedding dance b. A voodoo ritual of possession c. A fighting ritual d. A harvest festival Feedback The correct answer is: A voodoo ritual of possession Question 10 Question text Michael Jackson recognized the potential of music videos to express a story by creating a mini-movie. What was his first music video? Select one: a. Beat It b. Billy Jean c. Smooth Criminal d. Thriller Feedback The correct answer is: Beat It Question 11 Question text At the Savoy Ballroom there was a corner reserved for the best dancers to challenge each other in "cutting contests". What was this place called? Select one: a. Hopping Hallway b. Swinging Place c. Cutting Room d. Cats' Corner Feedback The correct answer is: Cats' Corner Question 12 Question text By the 1920s tap dancing was all the rage. The flash act tap style focused on the rhythm and percussion of tapping without other dance influences or upper body movements.Select one: True False Feedback The correct answer is 'False'. Question 13 Question text Who originated the flash act style of tap dancing? Select one: a. Honi Coles and Cholly Atkins b. Bill Robinson and John Bubbles c. The Nicholas Brothers d. The Berry Brothers Feedback The correct answer is: The Berry Brothers Question 14 Question text The English enslaved Africans as early as 1441 using the slave trade as an element of national commercial expansion. Select one: True False Feedback The correct answer is 'False'. Question 15 Question text What is the name of the place where the captive slaves were held before they were shipped of to the New World? Select one: a. slave factories b. water wait c. ship yard d. holding farm Feedback The correct answer is: slave factories Question 16 Question text In the early 1600s, when the African slaves first arrived in America they were treated the same as indentured servants and released after they had worked an established length of time. Select one: TrueFalse Feedback The correct answer is 'True'. Question 17 Question text Name the plantation dance that was performed as a competition between plantations. The dancers would strut and smile imitating the pretentious attitude of the whites. Select one: a. Juba b. Buck and Wing c. Cake-walk d. Jig Feedback The correct answer is: Cake-walk Question 18 Question text Who was the leading innovator and choreographer creating synchronized moves that the Motown singers would do to express the concept of the song and liven up the performance? Select one: a. Smoky Robinson b. James Brown c. Berry Gordy d. Cholly Atkins Feedback The correct answer is: Cholly Atkins Question 19 Question text The Savoy Ballroom was a dance club that opened its doors to a completely integrated crowd and people of all races were treated equally. Select one: True False Feedback The correct answer is 'True'. Question 20 Question text In the 1970s African American and Latino youth developed "break dancing". Who was the DJ that set up parties at the community center on Sedgewick Avenue in the Bronx? Select