Arts Toolkit: Music Handout

Multiple-Choice Questions

Jazz and Marching Bands

(These questions are based on the video excerpt.)

1. Louis Armstrong got his start
   1. playing at jazz clubs.
   2. singing for pennies on the streets of New Orleans.
   3. when he was discovered by a talent scout.
   4. singing in school.
   
   
2. According to the video excerpt, New Orleans became known after the Civil War for its
   1. symphony orchestras.
   2. chamber music groups.
   3. marching bands.
   4. country music bands.
   
   
3. Early New Orleans jazz bands used the following instruments:
   1. combs.
   2. kazoos.
   3. brass instruments.
   4. all of the above.

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