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 featu.

1. 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

2. 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

3. . (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

4. 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

5. 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)

6. 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__________________.

7. 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)

8. 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)

9. 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 19
th
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 20
th
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

10. 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!!