Music 111 - Music Appreciation » Winter 2023 » Chapter 15 Reading Quiz.

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Question #1
The most important genre developed in the Baroque was:
A.   opera
B.   the mass
C.   singing
D.   Lieder
Question #2
The principal components of opera include arias, recitatives, overtures, and:
A.   cantatas
B.   choruses
C.   chant
Question #3
Opera is the precursor to which later art form?
A.   All of these
B.   the Broadway musical
C.   Vaudeville
D.   Operetta
Question #4
Which of the following was NOT an early master of Italian opera?
A.   Handel
B.   Machiavelli
C.   Peri
D.   Monteverdi
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 may introduce themes from arias to follow.
B.   The pit orchestra plays it
C.   It's played between scenes.
D.   It is an instrumental introduction to an opera.
Question #7
An aria is a solo song that features:
A.   rapid speechlike declamation
B.   homorhythmic choral singing
C.   an orchestra interlude
D.   tuneful and highly emotive melodies
Question #8
The opera company that Dr. Wentz founded and runs is called:
A.   Mission Opera
B.   LAMC Opera
C.   Santa Clarita Opera
D.   Los Angeles Opera
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 church organist.
C.   He was a court composer.
D.   He was a photography professor
Question #10
The libretto for Dido and Aeneas is based on:
A.   the Iliad.
B.   the Aeneid.
C.   the Odyssey.
Question #11
Which musical style best describes the opening line "Thy hand, Belinda"?
A.   aria
B.   recitative
Question #12
What is the structural basis for Dido's aria?
A.   ritornello
B.   ground bass
C.   da capo
Question #13
In the aria, Dido sings "Remember me, but ah! forget my fate." What was her fate?
A.   to die
B.   to leave her country
C.   to marry Aeneas
Question #14
How does Purcell musically depict Dido's grief in this aria?
A.   with a descending, chromatic bass line
B.   with a disjunct solo line
C.   with a frenetic rhythmic pulse
Question #15
A ground bass is heard only at the beginning of Dido's aria.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #16
Dido and Aeneas was first presented by:
A.   a group of girls at a boarding school
B.   no one, since stage plays were outlawed
C.   the Royal Opera of England??
Question #17
The masque was an English entertainment that combined music and poetry.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #18
The earliest opera plots were drawn from real-life situations.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #19
Oratorio originally came from which denomination?
A.   Jewish
B.   Lutheran
C.   Catholic
D.   Jehovah's Witness
Question #20
Which best describes the texture heard in the "Hallelujah" chorus?
A.   Polyphonic
B.   All three textures
C.   Homophonic
D.   Monophonic
Question #21
An operatic song in the form A-B-A, which allows for the soloist to embellish the last section, is called a:
A.   da capo aria
B.   masque
C.   ritornello
D.   lament aria
Question #22
The Baroque oratorio evolved out of events that took place during which historical event?
A.   The Industrial Revolution
B.   The Punic Wars
C.   The Counter-Reformation
D.   The Reformation
Question #23
How many operas did Handel write?
A.   9
B.   1
C.   Nearly 100
D.   Nearly 50
Question #24
Who created the first English Oratorio?
A.   Purcell
B.   Handel
C.   Monteverdi
D.   Peri
Question #25
The star of the opera is classified as a:
A.   Supernumerary
B.   Principal
C.   Chorus
D.   Comprimario
Question #26
Which opera characters have a named part and also sing, but usually don’t get arias?
A.   Antagonists
B.   Protagonists
C.   Principals
D.   Comprimarios
Question #27
Handel's Messiah was commissioned by the Catholic Church.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #28
The Camerata who were known as the founding fathers of opera lived in this Italian city:
A.   Milan
B.   Verona
C.   Venice
D.   Florence
Question #29
Who was credited with writing the very first opera?
A.   Georg Frederic Handel
B.   Giacomo Puccini
C.   Jacopo Peri
D.   Henry Purcell
Question #30
What was the name of the first opera?
A.   Giulio Cesare
B.   Dido and Aeneus
C.   La Boheme
D.   Dafne
Question #31
Which type of opera became popular in the Baroque?
A.   Opera buffa
B.   Both opera seria and opera buffa
C.   Opera seria
D.   Verismo
Question #32
The male singers, who gave the ultimate sacrifice, to stay high sopranos were known as what?
A.   Ball-less
B.   Castrati
C.   Sopranatos
D.   Altos
Question #33
What's another name for ground bass?
A.   Walking line
B.   Ostinato
C.   Chord changes
D.   Harmony
Question #34
Which is NOT true of a Baroque oratorio?
A.   It's secular
B.   It featured arias, recitatives, ensemble numbers, choruses, and narration.
C.   It utilized scenery, acting, and costumes, just as in opera.
D.   It was generally based on a biblical story and performed in a church.
Question #35
The libretto of Messiah was based on....
A.   The Torah
B.   The New Testament
C.   Both the Old and New Testaments
D.   The Old Testament
Question #36
Handel lived everywhere except:
A.   England
B.   Germany
C.   Italy
D.   France

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