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Question #1
At the end of the opera Gilda
A.
is surrounded by magic fire.
B.
is bitten by a snake.
C.
marries the Duke of Mantua.
D.
dies in Rigoletto’s arms.
Question #2
Early in his career, Verdi wrote for which opera house?
A.
Palais Garnier in Paris
B.
Vienna Staatsoper
C.
Festival Theater at Bayreuth
D.
La Scala in Milan
Question #3
Every town in Italy, no matter how small, has a
A.
Verdi opera house.
B.
restaurant bearing Verdi’s name.
C.
street bearing Verdi’s name.
D.
Verdi museum.
Question #4
From whose rule did Italy seek to liberate itself?
A.
Napoleon
B.
Austrian Hapsburgs
C.
Kingdom of Hanover
D.
Spanish conquistadors
Question #5
Giuseppe Verdi is viewed as an Italian nationalist composer.
A.
TRUE
B.
FALSE
Question #6
In Verdi’s opera, who is Rigoletto’s daughter?
A.
Maddalena
B.
Sparafucile
C.
Zerlina
D.
Gilda
Question #7
In a two-year period, Verdi lost his son, daughter, and wife.
A.
TRUE
B.
FALSE
Question #8
In the aria "La donna è mobile" the Duke sings
A.
of his love for Maddalena.
B.
that women are fickle.
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.
radio broadcasts.
B.
wind band medleys.
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.
Handel
B.
Mozart
C.
Monteverdi
D.
Rossini
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.
Verdi’s Rigoletto
B.
Monteverdi’s Orfeo
C.
Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas
D.
Handel’s Giulio Cesare
Question #15
Rigoletto, the title character in Verdi’s opera, is
A.
an assassin.
B.
All possible answers.
C.
the Duke of Mantua.
D.
a court jester.
Question #16
The _____ style is characterized by florid melodic lines delivered by voices of great agility and purity of tone.
A.
opera buffa
B.
verismo
C.
bel canto
D.
opera seria
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.
TRUE
B.
FALSE
Question #18
The literary basis for Verdi's Rigoletto is
A.
a novel by Alexandre Dumas.
B.
a comedy by William Shakespeare.
C.
a play by Victor Hugo.
D.
a poem by Goethe.
Question #19
The plot in Rigoletto centers around
A.
a lover’s revenge.
B.
a curse put on the character Rigoletto
C.
a marriage proposal.
D.
searching for a ring forged of gold.
Question #20
Which is NOT true of Verdi?
A.
His favorite literary source was Shakespeare.
B.
Verdi lived a long and productive life, writing twenty-eight operas.
C.
Verdi died suddenly at a young age and was unable to fulfill his artistic genius.
D.
Verdi served in the senate of the newly unified Italy.
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