Music 111 - Music Appreciation » Winter 2021 » Chapter 16 Quiz

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

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