Listen to “Hustlin’ Blues” by Gertrude “Ma” Rainey and discuss the realism of the text. (See Worlds of Music, pp. 176 and 220.)

What will be an ideal response?

• Rainey sings about a prostitute who gets beaten when she doesn't earn any money
• It's raining
• She's going to obtain a restraining order against her pimp

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a. cue cards b. teleprompter c. I.F.B. d. script

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Chuck Close is a painter known for making highly idealized figurative paintings based on classical notions of ideal beauty

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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