Music 111 - Music Appreciation » Winter 2021 » 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 first singer to play the title role in Don Giovanni
C.   the librettist who adapted the play into an opera
Question #3
What was considered controversial about Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro?
A.   It concerned the storming of the Bastille.
B.   It made fun of the aristocracy.
C.   It was first sung in English.
Question #4
What is the literary basis for The Marriage of Figaro?
A.   a play by the same title by the French playwright Beaumarchais
B.   a play by the same title by the Italian poet Pietro Metastasio
Question #5
Which voice part sings the role of Don Giovanni in Mozart’s opera?
A.   baritone
B.   tenor
C.   bass
Question #6
The Catalog Aria in Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni catalogs what?
A.   Don Giovanni’s international amorous conquests
B.   scientific data on astronomical objects
C.   the contents of Don Giovanni’s library
Question #7
Which Mozart opera was influenced by Turkish music and culture?
A.   The Marriage of Figaro
B.   The Abduction from the Seraglio
C.   Don Giovanni
Question #8
In Mozart’s Don Giovanni, who is the servant responsible for distracting angry women who were scorned by the title character?
A.   Leporello
B.   Commendatore
C.   Donna Anna
Question #9
In the Classical era which city was considered the leading musical center?
A.   Vienna, Austria
B.   Venice, Italy
C.   Paris, France
Question #10
Large-scale sung dramas with spoken dialog are referred to as:
A.   Singspiel
B.   grand opera
C.   opera seria
Question #11
In the classical era, there was only one type of opera composed, opera seria.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
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.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #17
Mozart only collaborated with Lorenzo da Ponte on one work, Don Giovanni.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE

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