What is the cultural context of the Zuni lullaby and how do the words to the song convey the context? Write out a few phrases of the text to illustrate your answer. (See translation of text in WOM, page 41.)
What will be an ideal response?
• A grandmother sings a lullaby to her grandchild.
• The words show her affection for the child in the repeating phrases that compare the child to cute, small animals . . . "My boy, little jackrabbit . . ."
Iroquois Quiver Dance (CD 1:5)
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What is the melodic line of this selection marked by?
a) extreme diatonicism b) a great deal of modal inflections c) lots of chromaticism d) coloratura
Which of the following former slaves learned to write and personally authored a memoir with his or her own hand?
A. Frederick Douglass B. Sojourner Truth C. Nat Turner D. All these answers are correct.
The first commercial radio station launched in_____.
a. 1890 b. 1905 c. 1920 d. 1946