Music 111 - Music Appreciation » Winter 2021 » Chapter 17 Quiz

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Question #1
The most important new genre of the Baroque era was:
A.   singing
B.   opera
C.   the mass
Question #2
The principal components of opera include arias, recitatives, overtures, and:
A.   cantatas
B.   choruses
C.   chant
Question #3
Narrative multimedia is an art form that:
A.   tells a story
B.   is abstract
C.   is run by a multinational business conglomerate
Question #4
Which of the following was an early master of Italian opera?
A.   Monteverdi
B.   Machiavelli
C.   Palestrina
Question #5
The text of an opera is known as a:
A.   libretto
B.   screenplay
C.   recitative
Question #6
Which is NOT true of an overture?
A.   It is generally played again between scenes.
B.   It may introduce themes from arias to follow.
C.   It is an instrumental introduction to an opera.
Question #7
An aria is characterized by:
A.   homorhythmic choral singing
B.   tuneful and highly emotive melodies
C.   rapid speechlike declamation??
Question #8
In Baroque opera, what happens to the time during an aria?
A.   time continues in “clock time”
B.   time stops
C.   time goes backward
Question #9
Where was Purcell employed when he wrote Dido and Aeneas?
A.   He was a court composer.
B.   He was a music teacher in a girls' school.
C.   He was a church organist.
Question #10
The libretto for Dido and Aeneas is based on:
A.   the Aeneid.
B.   the Odyssey.
C.   the Iliad.
Question #11
Which musical style best describes the opening line "Thy hand, Belinda; darkness shades me"?
A.   aria
B.   recitative
Question #12
What is the structural basis for Dido's aria?
A.   ritornello
B.   da capo
C.   ground bass
Question #13
Dido's aria is in two sections. Which text line begins the second section?
A.   "Thy hand, Belinda; darkness shades me"
B.   "Remember me, but ah! forget my fate"
C.   "When I am laid in earth"
Question #14
Why does Dido sing a lament at the end of the opera?
A.   because Aeneas has been murdered
B.   because Aeneas left her
C.   because Aeneas was lost at sea
Question #15
In the aria, Dido sings "Remember me, but ah! forget my fate." What was her fate?
A.   to marry Aeneas
B.   to die
C.   to leave her country
Question #16
How does Purcell musically depict Dido's grief in this aria?
A.   with a descending, chromatic bass line
B.   with a frenetic rhythmic pulse
C.   with a disjunct solo line
Question #17
A ground bass is heard only at the beginning of Dido's aria.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #18
Dido and Aeneas was first presented by:
A.   the Royal Opera of England??
B.   a group of girls at a boarding school
C.   no one, since stage plays were outlawed
Question #19
The masque was an English entertainment that combined music and poetry.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #20
The earliest opera plots were drawn from real-life situations.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE

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