- 1. When was Marian Anderson born?
A) 1897
B) 1905
C) 1950
D) 1920
- 2. In which City was Marian Anderson born?
A) New York
B) Los Angeles
C) Chicago
D) Philadelphia
- 3. Marian Anderson is best known for her career as a(n)
A) Actress
B) Singer
C) Painter
D) Dancer
- 4. Marian Anderson gained international fame for her performance in 1939 at which venue?
A) Royal Albert Hall
B) Lincoln Memorial
C) Madison Square Garden
D) Carnegie Hall
- 5. Marian Anderson's autobiography is titled:
A) My Lord, What a Morning
B) The Fire Next Time
C) Symphony in Black
D) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- 6. Marian Anderson was awarded the Kennedy Center Honors in which year?
A) 1965
B) 1995
C) 1978
D) 1985
- 7. Which musical genre was Marian Anderson known for mainly performing?
A) Jazz
B) Hip Hop
C) Classical
D) Country
- 8. Marian Anderson was forced to perform a concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial after being denied a performance at which location?
A) The White House
B) Madison Square Garden
C) Apollo Theater
D) Constitution Hall
- 9. In what year did Marian Anderson retire from singing?
A) 1950
B) 1965
C) 1985
D) 1975
- 10. Marian Anderson passed away in which year?
A) 2015
B) 1975
C) 1993
D) 2005
- 11. Marian Anderson was a spokesperson for which organization that fought against racial discrimination?
A) UNICEF
B) ACLU
C) Greenpeace
D) NAACP
- 12. Who helped Marian Anderson perform at the Lincoln Memorial after being denied a venue by the DAR?
A) Agnes Reifsnyder
B) First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and President Franklin D. Roosevelt
C) Mary Saunders Patterson
D) Giuseppe Boghetti
- 13. In which year did Marian Anderson become a delegate to the United Nations Human Rights Committee?
A) 1963
B) The text does not specify the exact year.
C) 1955
D) 1977
- 14. Which award did Marian Anderson receive in 1963?
A) Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
B) Kennedy Center Honors
C) Congressional Gold Medal
D) Presidential Medal of Freedom
- 15. What was the name of Marian Anderson's father?
A) Wesley Parks
B) Benjamin Anderson
C) John Berkley Anderson
D) Giuseppe Boghetti
- 16. Where did Marian Anderson's family move after her father's death?
A) To South Philadelphia High School
B) To New York City
C) Into the home of her paternal grandparents, Benjamin and Isabella Anderson.
D) Back to Virginia
- 17. Which church was Marian Anderson's family active in?
A) Union Baptist Church
B) Stanton Grammar School
C) Metropolitan Opera House
D) People's Chorus of Philadelphia
- 18. Who convinced Marian to join the junior church choir at age six?
A) Emma Azalia Hackley
B) Her aunt Mary.
C) Reverend Wesley Parks
D) Agnes Reifsnyder
- 19. What was Marian Anderson's father's occupation?
A) He sold ice, coal, and eventually liquor.
B) A schoolteacher
C) A conductor
D) A church pastor
- 20. Which organization refused to allow Marian Anderson to perform at Constitution Hall in 1939?
A) The Metropolitan Opera
B) People's Chorus of Philadelphia
C) United Nations Human Rights Committee
D) The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)
- 21. What did Marian Anderson's grandfather achieve in the 1860s?
A) He became a conductor.
B) He moved to South Philadelphia.
C) He founded the Union Baptist Church.
D) He was emancipated.
- 22. What was the name of Marian Anderson's first singing teacher?
A) Giuseppe Boghetti
B) Emma Azalia Hackley
C) Mary Saunders Patterson.
D) Agnes Reifsnyder
- 23. What did Marian Anderson sing to audition for Giuseppe Boghetti?
A) Arias from an opera
B) "Deep River"
C) Classical symphonies
D) Spirituals
- 24. Where did Marian Anderson make her first recordings in 1923?
A) Constitution Hall
B) New York City's Town Hall
C) Camden, New Jersey for the Victor Talking Machine Company.
D) Union Baptist Church
- 25. In what year did Marian Anderson win a singing competition sponsored by the New York Philharmonic?
A) 1928
B) 1929
C) 1930
D) 1925
- 26. Who became Marian Anderson's manager after her performance with the New York Philharmonic in 1925?
A) Ray Field
B) Frank La Forge
C) Arthur Judson
D) Julius Rosenwald
- 27. What was one of the challenges Marian Anderson faced that prevented her career from gaining momentum in the United States?
A) Lack of talent
B) Racial prejudice
C) Poor management
D) Inadequate training
- 28. Who wrote the review of Marian Anderson's fall 1929 concert at Orchestra Hall in Chicago?
A) Ray Field
B) Arthur Judson
C) George Arthur
D) Herman Devries
- 29. What was the amount of the Rosenwald Fellowship awarded to Marian Anderson for her studies in Berlin?
A) $2500
B) $2000
C) $1500
D) $1000
- 30. In which country did Marian Anderson meet the pianist who became her regular accompanist?
A) Russia
B) Germany
C) Finland
D) France
- 31. Which famous composer invited Marian Anderson to his home after hearing her perform in Helsinki?
A) Arturo Toscanini
B) Sol Hurok
C) Kosti Vehanen
D) Jean Sibelius
- 32. What did Jean Sibelius serve instead of traditional coffee during Anderson's visit?
A) Wine
B) Champagne
C) Tea
D) Coffee
- 33. For which song did Jean Sibelius create a new arrangement dedicated to Marian Anderson in 1939?
A) "Belshazzar's Feast"
B) "My Country, 'Tis of Thee"
C) "The Jewish Girl's Song"
D) "Solitude"
- 34. Who became Marian Anderson's manager and persuaded her to return to America in 1934?
A) Kosti Vehanen
B) Sol Hurok
C) Harold L. Ickes
D) Arthur Judson
- 35. Which conductor told Marian Anderson she had a voice 'heard once in a hundred years'?
A) Sol Hurok
B) Harold L. Ickes
C) Arturo Toscanini
D) Kosti Vehanen
- 36. Which newspaper wrote about the DAR's decision being 'deplorable' in comparison to racial intolerance in the Third Reich?
A) The Washington Post
B) The Philadelphia Tribune
C) The Richmond Times-Dispatch
D) The New York Times
- 37. In which year was the documentary film of Anderson's Lincoln Memorial concert chosen for the National Film Registry?
A) 2010
B) 1999
C) 2005
D) 2001
- 38. In what year did Marian Anderson sing at Constitution Hall for an integrated audience?
A) 1955
B) 1961
C) 1943
D) 1939
- 39. Which song did Marian Anderson sing midway through The Ford 50th Anniversary Show?
A) "God Bless America"
B) "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands"
C) "Amazing Grace"
D) "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"
- 40. On what date did Marian Anderson perform at The Ford 50th Anniversary Show?
A) December 25, 1953
B) June 15, 1953
C) January 1, 1953
D) July 4, 1953
- 41. Which opera did Marian Anderson perform in at the Metropolitan Opera on January 7, 1955?
A) The Magic Flute
B) Carmen
C) La Traviata
D) Un ballo in maschera
- 42. Who directed the Metropolitan Opera when Marian Anderson became its first African American singer?
A) Leonard Bernstein
B) Gian Carlo Menotti
C) Arturo Toscanini
D) Rudolf Bing
- 43. What role was Marian Anderson appointed to by President Eisenhower in 1957?
A) Director of the National Endowment for the Arts
B) Secretary of State
C) Ambassador to France
D) Delegate to the United Nations Human Rights Committee
- 44. In which year did Marian Anderson receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
A) 1963
B) 1975
C) 1957
D) 1980
- 45. Which submarine did Marian Anderson christen in 1965?
A) USS John F. Kennedy
B) USS George Washington Carver
C) USS Abraham Lincoln
D) USS Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 46. How many miles did Marian Anderson travel during her 12-week goodwill ambassador tour in 1957?
A) 25,000 miles
B) 45,000 miles
C) 50,000 miles
D) 35,000 miles (56,000 km)
- 47. Which organization was NOT mentioned as a beneficiary of Marian Anderson's benefit concerts during the 1960s?
A) UNESCO
B) Congress of Racial Equality
C) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
D) America-Israel Cultural Foundation
- 48. Who conducted the performance of Aaron Copland's Lincoln Portrait with the Philadelphia Orchestra at Saratoga in 1976?
A) Aaron Copland
B) Herbert von Karajan
C) Leonard Bernstein
D) James DePriest
- 49. In what year did Marian Anderson receive the Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement?
A) 1986
B) 1981
C) 1978
D) 1991
- 50. Which university awarded Marian Anderson an honorary doctoral degree alongside Howard University and Temple University?
A) Stanford University
B) Yale University
C) Smith College
D) Harvard University
- 51. What honor did Marian Anderson receive from the Kennedy Center in 1978?
A) Kennedy Center Honors
B) Kennedy Center National Medal
C) Kennedy Center Lifetime Achievement Award
D) Kennedy Center Cultural Heritage Award
- 52. Where was Marian Anderson and Orpheus H. 'King' Fisher's wedding ceremony originally supposed to take place?
A) Bethel United Methodist Church
B) Danbury City Hall
C) Elmwood Chapel
D) The parsonage
- 53. Who was the author of the book that includes a short story about Marian Anderson's wedding?
A) Marian Anderson
B) Rev. Jack Grenfell
C) Orpheus H. 'King' Fisher
D) Dr. Clarine Coffin Grenfell
- 54. What did Marian Anderson gain through her marriage to Orpheus H. 'King' Fisher?
A) A stepson named James Fisher
B) No children
C) A brother-in-law
D) Two stepdaughters
- 55. In which year did Marian Anderson and Orpheus H. 'King' Fisher purchase a farm in Danbury, Connecticut?
A) 1960
B) 1935
C) 1940
D) 1950
- 56. What was the name of the farm that Marian Anderson and Orpheus H. 'King' Fisher purchased?
A) Anderson Estate
B) Danbury Retreat
C) Victorian Haven
D) Marianna Farm
- 57. On which road was Marianna Farm located?
A) Elmwood Avenue
B) Main Street
C) Joe's Hill Road
D) Danbury Boulevard
- 58. What type of house did Marian Anderson construct at Marianna Farm?
A) A modern apartment
B) A Victorian mansion
C) A three-bedroom ranch house
D) A two-story colonial home
- 59. In what year did Marianna Farm become part of the Connecticut Freedom Trail?
A) 1996
B) 2010
C) 1986
D) 2004
- 60. Where did Marian Anderson give a concert as part of her community involvement?
A) Elmwood Chapel
B) Connecticut State Fairgrounds
C) Danbury High School
D) Bethel University
- 61. In what year did Orpheus H. 'King' Fisher pass away?
A) 1986
B) 1993
C) 2000
D) 1975
- 62. How long after her marriage to Orpheus did Marian Anderson remain at Marianna Farm before relocating?
A) 10 years
B) 25 years
C) 30 years
D) Almost 50 years
- 63. To which city did Marian Anderson relocate in 1992?
A) Los Angeles, California
B) Portland, Oregon
C) New York City, New York
D) Miami, Florida
- 64. Who was the nephew to whom Marian Anderson relocated in 1992?
A) Conductor James DePreist
B) Pianist Lang Lang
C) Composer John Williams
D) Violinist Itzhak Perlman
- 65. What was the cause of Marian Anderson's death?
A) Pneumonia
B) Cancer
C) Stroke
D) Congestive heart failure
- 66. At what age did Marian Anderson pass away?
A) 85
B) 96
C) 75
D) 105
- 67. In what year did the Danbury Museum and Historical Society open Marian Anderson's studio to the public?
A) 1986
B) 2004
C) 1996
D) 2010
- 68. In which year was Marian Anderson profiled in the National Portrait Gallery’s One Life: Marian Anderson?
A) 2005
B) 2024
C) 1998
D) 2019
- 69. In what year did Jack Lew announce that Marian Anderson would appear on the redesigned US$5 bill?
A) 1999
B) 2008
C) 2024
D) 2016
- 70. Which organization included Marian Anderson in their book, 100 Greatest African Americans, published in 2002?
A) Bell System
B) Molefi Kete Asante
C) Stanley Meltzoff
D) Ekene Akalawu
- 71. Which historical figure was featured alongside Marian Anderson in Stanley Meltzoff's artwork for Bell System?
A) Leontyne Price
B) Martin Luther King Jr.
C) Eleanor Roosevelt
D) Among the historical figures featured
- 72. In what year was the last singing competition held before the Marian Anderson Award was disbanded?
A) 1990
B) 2019
C) 1976
D) 1987
- 73. Who received the last award under the original format of the Marian Anderson Award in 2019?
A) Leontyne Price
B) Aretha Franklin
C) Beyoncé
D) Kool & the Gang
- 74. In what year was the prize money of the Marian Anderson Award restructured to support established artists in humanitarian areas?
A) 1998
B) 2022
C) 2005
D) 2019
- 75. Which organization administers the Marian Anderson Award as of 2022?
A) Discogs
B) FemBio
C) The Metropolitan Opera
D) Play On Philly
- 76. Who authored 'The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Guide to the World of Opera'?
A) Stanley Sadie
B) David Hamilton
C) Carlton Higginbotham
D) John Warrack
- 77. Which publication features a biographical entry on Marian Anderson authored by Carlton Higginbotham?
A) 'A–Z of Opera'
B) 'The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'
C) FemBio, 'Marian Anderson'
D) 'The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia'
- 78. Which organization provides a discography for Marian Anderson?
A) Virtual Museum of History
B) Bach Cantatas
C) Discogs
D) AllMusic
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