What Slender, bright-toned, double-reed instrument represents the duck in Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf
A. Trumpet
B. Fluet
C. Oboe
D. Clarinet
What is Oboe
100
It is a work for one or two instruments that consist of two or four movements in related keys. What kind of composition did Beethoven nickname "moonlight"?
A. oratorio
B. Fugue
C. Sonata
D. Concerto
What is sonata
100
Which of the following about opera is false?
a. Most scholars agree that it originated in the 1600s
b. They are always written in Italian
c. Their writen text is called a libretto
d. They can be comic or tragic
What is They are always written in Italian
100
Which one of the instruments below would be considered a clavier?
a. piano
b. banjo
c. timpani
d. xylophone
piano
100
Count Almaviva, the countess's maid Susana, and Bartolo are all characters in which of the following Mozart operas about a former barber?
a. Cosi Fan Tutte
b. The Marriage of Figaro
c. Don Giovanni
D. The Magic Flute
The Marriage of Figaro
200
The baller move in which the dancer is usually performed solo, rather than with a partner?
a. Tango
b. waltz
c. Hula
d. Salsa
hula
200
Which of the following men danced in Petrushka and Scheherazade with the Ballets Russes before choreographing The Afternoon of a Faun?
a. Sergei Diaghilev
b. Vaslav Nijinsky
c. Mikhail Baryshnikov
d. Rudolf Nureyev
Vaslav Nijinsky
200
Waltz of the Snowflakes and Waltz of the Flowers are part of which of the following Tchaikovsky compositions?
a. Swan Lake
b. The Sleeping Beauty
c. The Seasons
d. The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker
200
The Ballet move in which the dancer rises from flat feet onto full or half point is known by which of the terms below?
a. releve
b. sautc
c. jete
d. plie
Releve
200
National pride, emotional expression, and experimental musical forms were all characteristics of what movement, whose notable composers included Chopin, Verdi, and Wagner?
a. Romantic
b. Classical
c. Baroque
d. Modern
Romantic
300
What member of a string quartet plays on the bass clef and helped propel Yo-Yo Ma to international Fame?
a. violin
b. viola
c. double bass
d. cello
cello
300
Agnes de Mille created a ballet based on the life of Lizzie Borden. What was it called?
a. bloomer Girl
b. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
c. Brigadoon
d.Fall River legend
Fall River Legend
300
Shades and tints are most closely associated with which of the elements of art below?
a. value
b. line
c. shape
d. texture
value
300
"Feeds the Birds, Chim Chim Cher-ee and A Spoonful of Sugar are all songs from what musical based on a movie of the same name?
a. Annie
b. My Fair Lady
c. Oliver!
d. Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins
300
A painter who places a bright red flower in the middle of a green field is relying most heavily on which principle of art below?
a. rhythm
b. emphasis
c. pattern
d. balance
emphasis
400
Jeromie Robbins choreographed which one of the following Rodgers and Hammerstein musical?
A. oklahoma
B. Carousel
C. The King and I
D. The sound of music
The king and I
400
Batik, a hand-dyeing process, uses it as a dye repellent. Which of the substances below is fixed with heat to retain color in a fabric while dyeing the uncovered fabric with a different color?
a. blubber
b. chalk
c. glass
d. wax
wax
400
In which of the time signatures below does the half note receive one beat?
a. 6/8
b. 3/2
c. 4/4
d. 2/4
3/2
400
Shakespearean plays have five of them. Which of the following choices names the largest division of a play?
a. scene
b. act
c. skit
d. sketch
act
400
Unison, pulse, and pattern are three words most closely associated with what element of dance?
a. time
b. space
c. energy
d. body
time
500
Hopi Indians carve a doll from cottonwood root to teach their children cultural myths. What do they call this doll?
a. kente
b. tomahawk
c. kachina
d. wampum
kachina
500
Which of the following pieces of equipment did colonial Americans use to make butter?
a. scythe
b. plow
c. churn
d. hoe
churn
500
Some West African musicians use a certain instrument to mimic human speech. They call it a "talking" what?
a. fiddle
b. drum
c. flute
d. stick
drum
500
The Dalai Lama is a Tibetan peace activist who serves as a leader of what world religion?
a. Hinduism
b. Islam
c. Judaism
d. Buddhism
Buddhism
500
An artist combines colored pigments with water before applying the mixture of fresh plaster in which of the art techniques listed below?
a. fresco
b. wash
c. mosaic
d. etching