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Vocabulary
100
Aerophones do not include ...
A. oboes
B. harps
C. trumpets
D. recorders
E. harmonicas
B. harps
100
A famous ballet by Tchaikovsky is ---- Lake.
A. Duck
B. Loon
C. Swan
D. Crane
E. Flamingo
C. Swan
100
Who were accomplished painters?
A. Walt Whitman, Robert Frost
B. George Gershwin, Irving Berlin
C. Frederic Remington, Grant Wood
D. Frank Lloyd Wright, Buckminster Fuller
E. William Faulkner, James Fenimore Cooper
C. Frederic Remington, Grant Wood
100
The prehistoric paintings in the Caves of Lascaux in France are best described as ...
A. murals
B. mosaics
C. collages
D. portraits
E. miniatures
A. murals
100
Which is a technique based on perspective that is used to make an object in a painting three dimensional?
A. stippling
B. gesture drawing
C. blending
D. contour lines
E. foreshortening
E. foreshortening
200
Which is not a membranophone?
A. castanets
B. timpani
C. kettledrum
D. tom-tom
E. steel drum
A. castanets
200
You are at what kind of play if the audience boos when Snidley Nogoodnik shows up and cheers when Handsome Stranger appears?
A. tearjerker
B. melodrama
C. docudrama
D. pantomime
E. Passion play
B. melodrama
200
Which surname of a famous composer is not paired with his first name?
A. Mahler - Gustav
B. Dvorak - Antonin
C. Brahms - Johannes
D. Mendelssohn - Felix
E. Schubert - Ferdinand
E. Schubert - Ferdinand
200
Who were Romantic painters?
A. Appert, Fulton
B. Dalton, Avogadro
C. Beethoven, Chopin
D. Goethe, Wordsworth
E. Delacroix, Constable
E. Delacroix, Constable
200
Actors love to trod the ...
A. rugs
B. tiles
C. sands
D. trails
E. boards
E. boards
300
Until about 1720, harps lacked what mechanisms for raising the pitch of strings?
A. Damping Buttons
B. Foot Pedals
C. Horizontal Strings
D. Frets
E. Tuning Keys
B. foot pedals
300
The part of the stage floor that projects into the auditorium is the ...
A. apron
B. tongue
C. balcony
D. shoulder
E. peninsula
A. Apron
300
Who was not an American artist but was in another fine arts field?
A. Gilbert Stuart
B. Winslow Homer
C. John J. Audubon
D. Frederic Remington
E. Richard Rodgers
E. Richard Rodgers
300
A painting that portrays a massive boulder hanging in the air above a tiny hamlet on the plains is ...
A. gothic
B. cubist
C. classic
D. surrealistic
E. impressionistic
D. surrealistic
300
Which art form involves fusing powdered glass to a metal surface?
A. inlay
B. origami
C. ceramics
D. enameling
E. claymation
D. enameling
400
What kind of note will get one beat in a musical piece with a time signature of 6/8?
A. Eighth Note
B. Sixth Note
C. Fourth Note
D. Half Note
E. Whole Note
A. Eighth note
400
Dame Margot Fonteyn has been called the greatest of our time. The greatest in what fine art?
A. Playing the Violin
B. Ballet Dancing
C. Sculpture
D. Starring on Broadway
E. Portrait Painting
B. Ballet dancing
400
Who are artists not known for accomplishments in the same field as the others?
A. Edvard Grieg - Sibelius
B. Francisco Goya - Auguste Rodin
C. Giuseppe Verdi - Robert Schumann
D. Richard Wagner - Johannes Brahms
E. Georges Bizet - Franz Joseph Haydn
B. Francisco Goya - Auguste Rodin
400
A. the subtle use of light and shadow in painting
400
Colonnades consist of rows of ...
A. Cairns
B. crypts
C. Cannons
D. Columns
E. caskets
D. Columns
500
What type of chord is exemplified by C, E flat, and G?
A. Augmented
B. Diminished
C. Suspended
D. Minor
E. Major
D. minor
500
Handel's MESSIAH is an oratorio, which means which of these?
A. it is performed outdoors
B. it does not use a full orchestra
C. it calls for no staging or costumes
D. it uses soloists in lieu of a chorus
E. dancing is more important than singing
C. It calls for no staging or costumes
500
Who was not an artist?
A. Gilbert Stuart
B. Winslow Homer
C. John J. Audubon
D. Fredric Remington
E. William Randolph Hearst
E. William Randolph Hearst
500
A painting composed of two balanced panels is known as what?
A. Bipanel
B. Extended mural
C. Diptych
D. Duel Pitch
E. Symbiotic Panels
C. Diptych
500
Which of the following four musical forms is described using the terms exposition, development, and recapitulation?
A. fugue
B. sonata-allegro
C. theme
D. variations
E. waltz
B. sonata-allegro