Chicana studies
- The Canción Mexicana
1. In general, the canción mexicana consists of very syncopated rhythms. (T/F)
2. The canción mexicana is an umbrella term, which includes many song forms. (T/F)
3. The canción mexicana does not focus on lyric content. (T/F)
4. A son is a canción. (T/F)
- The Canción Tradicional
5. One of the earliest composers of canciones tradicionales is
(A) David Zaizar (b) Rubén Fuentes (c) Manuel M. Ponce
6. ______ was a famous composer of canciones tradicionales.
- Ignacio Fernández Esperón (b) Vicente Fernández (c) Pedro Infante
7. The corrido and the canción tradicional are very similar song forms, (T/F)
8. The canción tradicional pre-dates the
(a) son (b) corrido (c) canción ranchera
- The Canción Ranchera
9. The term, canción rancher,a is synonymous with mariachi music. (T/F)
10. The most famous composer of canciónes rancheras is
(a) Agustín Lara (b) José Alfredo Jiménez (c) Cuco Sánchez
11. _______is a well-known ranchero vocalist.
(a) Tomás Mendez (b) “Flaco” Jiménez (c) Pedro Infante
12. Lola Beltrán is the most famous female interpreter of the canción ranchera. (T/F)
- The Canción Nacionalista
13. Ernesto Cortazar and_________wrote many canciones nacionalistas.
(a) Manuel Esperón (b) Alfredo Gil (c) Agustín Lara
14. Jorge Negrete was not a performer of canciones nacionalistas. (T/F)
15. Machismo is a common theme found in the canción nacionalista. (T/F)
16. Many canciones nacionalistas were written primarily for the film character portrayed by
(a) Pedro Infante (b) Miguel Aceves Mejía (c) Jorge Negrete
- The Corrido
17. The corrido originates in Spain. (T/F)
18. Corridos are songs with a rigid verse structure. (T/F)
19. Corridos are strictly performed by bandas and norteño groups. (T/F)
20. Corridos tend to focus primarily on themes related to the Mexican Revolution and drugs.(T/F)
- The Huapango
21. Short falsetes tend to be standard in the stylized huapango. (T/F)
22. The single most important feature of a stylized huapango is the
(a) apagón (b) falsete (b) tempo
23. David Zaizar wrote many huapangos. (T/F)
24. Miguel Aceves Mejía and_____are famous interpreters of huapangos.
(a) Javier Solís (b) Rubén Fuentes (c) David Zaizar
- The Bolero
25. The bolero is originally from Mexico. (T/F)
26. Boleros always tend to be
(a) joyous (b) romantic (d) up-beat
27. Alfredo Gíl invented the
(a) Mexican guitar (b) requinto romántico (c) bolero
28. Agustín Lara is the most famous bolero composer. (T/F)
- The Conjunto Norteño
29. The conjunto norteño originated in Germany. (T/F)
30. The accordion and the trombone typically form part of a norteño ensemble. (T/F)
31. A corrido is, in fact, a norteño song. (T/F)
32. “Flaco” Jiménez plays the
(a) accordion (b) bajo sexto (c) tololoche
- The Banda
33. The_____is the bass instrument of the banda sinaloense.
(a) tololoche (b) charcheta (c) tuba
34. Originally, bandas featured lead vocalists. (T/F)
35. _______Lizárraga is the founder of La Banda El Recodo.
(a) Germán (b) Cruz (c) Juan
- TENAZ was an organization promoting Chicano political separatism.(T/F)
- Prior to the Spanish conquest, theatre did not exist in Mexico. (T/F)
- Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz__________________.
- Wrote Chicano theatre (b) Mesoamerican theatre (c) colonial period Mexican theatre
- The Teatro Campesino was founded by
- César Chávez (b) Jorge Huerta (c) Luis Valdez
- _________ is a Chicano play which focuses on the Pachuco sub-culture.
(a) Los Vendidos (b) Zoot Suit (c) Los Pachucos (d) Bowl of Beings
- Jorge Huerta was the founder of TENAZ. (T/F)
- The acto and the corrido are one in the same. (T/F)
- Culture Clash is comprised of Richard Montoya, Rick Salinas and
(a) Luis Valdez (b) Herbert Siguenza (c) Daniel Valdez
- Culture Clash was founded in the 1960’s. (T/F)
- Chicano literature is limited to poetry and novels. (T/F)
- Code-switching and__________are defining features of Chicano literature.
- caló (b) pochismos (c) profanity (d) both a & b
- Chicanismo is not often reflected in works by Chicano writers. (T/F)
- Juan Seguín and Mariano Vallejo were early writers, who wrote protest literature. (T/F)
- Sandra Cisneros wrote Mexican Village in 1945. (T/F)
- Quinto Sol Publications nurtured the careers of authors such as Rodolfo Anaya,
- Rolando Hinojosa-Smith (b) Tomás Rivera (c) Luis Valdez (d) both a & b
- I am Joaquín is an epic poem written by Chicano activist
- Alurista (b) Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzáles (c) José Montoya (d) Rodlofo Anaya
- I am Joaquín laid the groundwork for the future of Chicano literature since 1967. (T/F)
- I am Joaquín popularized the use of the term, Mexican-American. (T/F)
- I am Joaquín is an epic poem, which relates the history of the Chicano. (T/F)
- El Plan Espiritual de Aztlan, written by “Alurista”, inspired a sense of Chicano nationalism. (T/F)
- Chicano author, Richard Rodríguez, often expresses his sense of chicanismo is his work. (T/F)
- Sandra Cisneros wrote the popular novel Bless Me Última. (T/F)
- Author Cherrie Montoya deals with issues of Chicana lesbianism in her works. (T/F)
- Tomás Rivera and Rolando Hinojosa-Smith wrote Spanish language estampas. (T/F)
- Mexican corridos often narrated stories of the Mexican-American experience in the 1800’s. (T/F)
- Richard Rodríguez often explores his strong sense of chicanismo. (T/F)
- The poet, José Montoya, utilizes much caló in his poems. (T/F)
- Gregorio Cortéz is the subject of a popular 19th century corrido from Texas. (T/F)
- Jesús Salvador Treviño is a pioneer Chicano film maker. (T/F)
- Luis Valdez, the playwright, is also a Chicano filmmaker. (T/F)
- Corky González wrote the poem, “I am Joaquín”, and directed a film based on this poem. (T/F)
- Moctesuma Esparza is a Chicano actor. (T/F)
- Real Women Have Curves is film based on a play by Josefina López. (T/F)
- Early 20th century depiction of Mexicans in American film was typically favorable. (T/F)
- Chicano films of the 1960’s and 1970’s promoted negative Mexican-American stereotypes. (T/F)
This assignment is seperated into two defferent topics of Chicana Studies
the first 35 questions are about Regional Music of Mexico, and the next number of questions are about Chicana/o and the Arts.
PLEASE HELP ME ASAP!!