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Question #1

At the end of the opera Gilda

A. is bitten by a snake.

B. dies in Rigoletto’s arms.

C. marries the Duke of Mantua.

D. is surrounded by magic fire.

Question #2

Early in his career, Verdi wrote for which opera house?

A. Vienna Staatsoper

B. Festival Theater at Bayreuth

C. Palais Garnier in Paris

D. La Scala in Milan

Question #3

Every town in Italy, no matter how small, has a

A. restaurant bearing Verdi’s name.

B. Verdi opera house.

C. street bearing Verdi’s name.

D. Verdi museum.

Question #4

From whose rule did Italy seek to liberate itself?

A. Napoleon

B. Kingdom of Hanover

C. Austrian Hapsburgs

D. Spanish conquistadors

Question #5

Giuseppe Verdi is viewed as an Italian nationalist composer.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #6

In Verdi’s opera, who is Rigoletto’s daughter?

A. Maddalena

B. Gilda

C. Zerlina

D. Sparafucile

Question #7

In a two-year period, Verdi lost his son, daughter, and wife.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #8

In the aria "La donna è mobile" the Duke sings

A. that women are fickle.

B. of his love for Maddalena.

C. of Rigoletto’s amorous conquests.

D. of his love for Gilda.

Question #9

In the nineteenth century, opera excerpts were NOT marketed to domestic consumers through

A. wind band medleys.

B. radio broadcasts.

C. four-hand piano arrangements.

D. voice and guitar arrangements.

Question #10

In the late nineteenth century, France, Germany, and Italy developed distinct national styles.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #11

Opera seria and opera buffa continued to be performed in Italy during the nineteenth century.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #12

Operas by which composer exhibited the high point of bel canto opera?

A. Mozart

B. Rossini

C. Monteverdi

D. Handel

Question #13

Publishers in the nineteenth century worked closely with composers on licensing and other commercial ventures.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #14

______ is one of the most frequently performed operas in the repertoire.

A. Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas

B. Handel’s Giulio Cesare

C. Verdi’s Rigoletto

D. Monteverdi’s Orfeo

Question #15

Rigoletto, the title character in Verdi’s opera, is

A. the Duke of Mantua.

B. a court jester.

C. All possible answers.

D. an assassin.

Question #16

The _____ style is characterized by florid melodic lines delivered by voices of great agility and purity of tone.

A. opera seria

B. opera buffa

C. verismo

D. bel canto

Question #17

The intensity of Verdi’s compositions and the potential for some of the stories to be read as calls for liberation made him a figurehead of the Italian unification movement.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #18

The literary basis for Verdi's Rigoletto is

A. a novel by Alexandre Dumas.

B. a comedy by William Shakespeare.

C. a poem by Goethe.

D. a play by Victor Hugo.

Question #19

The plot in Rigoletto centers around

A. a lover’s revenge.

B. a marriage proposal.

C. searching for a ring forged of gold.

D. a curse put on the character Rigoletto

Question #20

Which is NOT true of Verdi?

A. Verdi died suddenly at a young age and was unable to fulfill his artistic genius.