Question: All of the following are true of swing EXCEPT:

Answer: Swing itself brought about the eventual recovery of the U.S. economy.

Question: All of the following were effects of World War II on swing EXCEPT:

Answer: Swing bands formed by military personnel completely replaced civilian swing bands.

Question: How did the Depression affect record companies?

Answer: Record sales decreased because records became too expensive and people could hear music for free on the radio.

Question: What was the jukebox?

Answer: a record-playing machine found in bars and restaurants

Question: The popularity of swing affected the employment situation for musicians in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

Answer: With many big band rosters to fill, almost anyone could become a musician.

Question: All of the following are true of swing EXCEPT:

Answer: The guitar was replaced by the banjo in swing bands.

Question: Which rhythmic feel became established as the standard one for swing dance music?

Answer: four-beat groove

Question: The swing rhythm section made all of the following changes from earlier practice EXCEPT:

Answer: The string bass was amplified.

Question: All of the following are part of Fletcher Henderson’s arranging style EXCEPT:

Answer: improvised cadenzas at the beginning of the arrangement in the style of “West End Blues”

Question: In the early 1930s, the music industry was divided:

Answer: with black bands specializing in “hot” jazz and white bands playing mostly uninspiring arrangements in genteel dance bands and radio orchestras