| 1. | Modern remixing had its roots in the dance hall culture of late-1960s/early-1970s: |
| a. | | Jamaica. |
| b. | | United States |
| c. | | United Kingdom |
| d. | | Guyana
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| 2. | DJs in early discotheques were performing tricks with a particular genre of songs (using loops and tape edits) to get dancers on the floor and keep them there. What genre of songs are we referring to here? |
| a. | | Metal songs |
| b. | | Jazz songs |
| c. | | Disco songs |
| d. | | RAP songs
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| 3. | Who is credited to have invented the dance remix as we now know it? |
| a. | | Ruddy Redwood, |
| b. | | King Tubby |
| c. | | Tom Moulton |
| d. | | Lee "Scratch" Perry
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| 4. | In the 1980s, "extended mixes" of songs were released to clubs and commercial outlets on: |
| a. | | Vinyl 12-inch singles. |
| b. | | Vinyl 14-inch singles |
| c. | | Vinyl 15-inch singles |
| d. | | Vinyl 13-inch singles
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| 5. | Contemporaneously to disco, in the mid-1970s, the Jamaican and Bronx remix cultures met, energizing both. Key figures included DJ Kool Herc and: |
| a. | | Tupac |
| b. | | Diallo O’Neal |
| c. | | Grandmaster Flash. |
| d. | | Freakshow
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| 6. | One of the first mainstream successes of "real-time, live-action collage" was the 1983 track "Rockit" by: |
| a. | | John Hancock |
| b. | | Herbie Hancock, |
| c. | | Barbara Hancock |
| d. | | Bernie Hancock
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| 7. | Early pop remixes were fairly simple; in the 1980s, "extended mixes" of songs were released to clubs and commercial outlets on vinyl 12-inch singles. These typically had a duration of six to seven minutes, and often consisted of the original song with: |
| a. | | 8 or 16 bars of instruments inserted |
| b. | | 4 or 8 bars of instruments inserted |
| c. | | 9 or 18 bars of instruments inserted |
| d. | | 7 or 14 bars of instruments inserted
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| 8. | Who took the remix styles to an extreme—creating new music entirely using samples? |
| a. | | Jean Michel Jarre |
| b. | | Art of Noise |
| c. | | Kraftwerk |
| d. | | Giorgio Moroder
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| 9. | Madonna began her career writing music for dance clubs and used remixes extensively to propel her career; |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False
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| 10. | In the 1990s, with the rise of powerful home computers with audio capabilities came the mash-up, an unsolicited, unofficial (and often legally dubious) remix created by X brand of remixers who edit two or more recordings (often of wildly different songs) together.ID the brand of remixers being referred to here? |
| a. | | Undercover remixers |
| b. | | Understated remixers |
| c. | | Underground remixers |
| d. | | Hip hop emcees
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| 11. | Even if the remixer takes a song and changes it completely keeping only a few riffs from the original song he cannot own rights to the remixed song. |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False
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| 12. | In the early 1990s,Who became one of the first mainstream artists to re-record vocals for a dance floor version? |
| a. | | Madonna |
| b. | | Mariah Carey |
| c. | | Shania Twain |
| d. | | Cher
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