Briefly discuss the ways in which Woody Guthrie personifies the urban folk song movement
What will be an ideal response?
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His life experiences provided much contact with the common people.
Many of his songs had a hard edge of protest.
The sign on his guitar read: "This machine kills fascists."
He could write equally well from either personal experience or on commission.
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In Jean-Antoine Watteau's The Signboard of Gersaint, a portrait of Louis XIV is shown being placed in a storage box, because Louis
a. was not popular with the common people. b. had criticized Watteau's work. c. did not support the Enlightenment. d. had recently had died.
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_____In indigenous African performances, what is the least important aspect?
A). Drumming B). Dialogue C). Dance D). Visual symbols
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