Protest Songs (GL 6, Across cultures 4, pp. 88-89)

Question 1

In U.S. protest songs of the 19th century, which issue was NOT addressed?

Accepted Answer

the injustice done to Native Americans

Question 2

The tradition of protest songs goes back to ...

Accepted Answer

... the 14th century in England.

Question 3

Although Bob Dylan is one of the most famous pop artists, it took him almost 60 years to have a No. 1 hit in the USA.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

On the left, there&#x27;s Joan Baez. To her right, you see the world&#x27;s most famous singer of protest songs. His name is ...

Accepted Answer

Bob Dylan

Question 5

U2&#x27;s "Sunday Bloody Sunday" is about a 30-year-long conflict usually called "The Troubles". What was it about?

Accepted Answer

Catholics vs. Protestants in Northern Ireland

Question 6

Which of these is NOT a protest song by Beyoncé?

Accepted Answer

Gangsta&#x27;s Paradise

Question 7

".... give a damn about a negro". Who is 2Pac singing about in "Changes"?

Accepted Answer

cops / the police

Question 8

Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

Most people think the song "War Pigs" was written by heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath. In fact, Bob Dylan wrote it.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

No protest songs in Heavy Metal? Well ... In 1989, Testament released a song whose title shows it&#x27;s about the ...

Accepted Answer

"Greenhouse Effect"

Question 11

According to the title of Bob Dylan&#x27;s most famous song, the answer [to all these questions] ...

Accepted Answer

... is blowin&#x27; in the wind

Question 12

This band had a Top-25-hit in 2015 with an anti-war song called "21 guns". What&#x27;s their name?

Accepted Answer

Green Day

Question 13

Joan Baez and many other protest singers in the 1960s protested against a war fought by U.S. troops in this country:

Accepted Answer

Vietnam

Question 14

On their 1983 album war, U2 released one of the most famous anti-war songs in pop history. What&#x27;s the name of that song?

Accepted Answer

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Question 15

English singer Billy Bragg started to support workers who demonstrated against losing their jobs in 1977. Who were they?

Accepted Answer

miners

Question 16

In the title track of this 1981 album by British band Fischer-Z, what makes the sky so red?

Accepted Answer

a nuclear bomb

Question 17

Complete: "People killin&#x27;, people dyin&#x27; / Children hurt, hear them cryin&#x27; / Can you practice what you preach / Or ...?"

Accepted Answer

... would you turn the other cheek?

Question 18

This is about a very famous protest song from the 1980s. It was written and performed by ...

Accepted Answer

Bruce Springsteen

Question 19

This band, Rage Against the Machine, came together in the 1990s and was the first band to combine folk and metal.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

The song "Daughters" by US rapper Nas criticizes sexism in his own genre.

Accepted Answer

True

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