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lunatika

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The cultural context of typical blues lyrics is
 
  A. poverty and political alienation.
  B. the drudgery of a daily work life.
  C. a true autobiography of the singers life.
   D. a response to a lovers mistreatment.

Question 2

Today, most blues singers think
 
  A. improvising blues lyrics in performance is okay.
  B. varying the lyrics to a known blues song is preferred.
   C. keeping the lyrics to a blues song fixed is preferred.
  D. using any lyrics from popular music is okay.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: D. a response to a lover's mistreatment

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C. keeping the lyrics to a blues song fixed is preferred.



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