Music 111 - Music Appreciation » Summer 2020 » Chapter 28 Quiz

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Question #1
Which best describes Mozart’s Don Giovanni?
A.   Singspiel
B.   opera buffa combined with elements of opera seria
C.   opéra comique
Question #2
Lorenzo da Ponte was:
A.   the playwright on whose work the opera is based
B.   the librettist who adapted the play into an opera
C.   the first singer to play the title role in Don Giovanni
Question #3
What was considered controversial about Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro?
A.   It made fun of the aristocracy.
B.   It was first sung in English.
C.   It concerned the storming of the Bastille.
Question #4
What is the literary basis for The Marriage of Figaro?
A.   a play by the same title by the Italian poet Pietro Metastasio
B.   a play by the same title by the French playwright Beaumarchais
Question #5
Which voice part sings the role of Don Giovanni in Mozart’s opera?
A.   tenor
B.   baritone
C.   bass
Question #6
The Catalog Aria in Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni catalogs what?
A.   Don Giovanni’s international amorous conquests
B.   the contents of Don Giovanni’s library
C.   scientific data on astronomical objects
Question #7
Which Mozart opera was influenced by Turkish music and culture?
A.   The Abduction from the Seraglio
B.   Don Giovanni
C.   The Marriage of Figaro
Question #8
In Mozart’s Don Giovanni, who is the servant responsible for distracting angry women who were scorned by the title character?
A.   Commendatore
B.   Donna Anna
C.   Leporello
Question #9
In the Classical era which city was considered the leading musical center?
A.   Venice, Italy
B.   Vienna, Austria
C.   Paris, France
Question #10
Large-scale sung dramas with spoken dialog are referred to as:
A.   opera seria
B.   grand opera
C.   Singspiel
Question #11
In the classical era, there was only one type of opera composed, opera seria.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #12
Realistic depiction of human experience was a composer’s goal in Classical era comic opera.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #13
Mozart combined elements of serious and comic opera in his Don Giovanni.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #14
Opera seria was the predominant operatic style in the early 18th century.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #15
The merchant class was critical to the rising success of the lighter opera buffa opera style in the Classical era.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #16
Opera seria was uniformly composed in Italian.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #17
Mozart only collaborated with Lorenzo da Ponte on one work, Don Giovanni.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE

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