Music 120 - Music Appreciation » Fall 2019 » Quiz 44

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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.   La Scala in Milan
B.   Vienna Staatsoper
C.   Festival Theater at Bayreuth
D.   Palais Garnier in Paris
Question #3
Every town in Italy, no matter how small, has a
A.   street bearing Verdi’s name.
B.   Verdi opera house.
C.   Verdi museum.
D.   restaurant bearing Verdi’s name.
Question #4
From whose rule did Italy seek to liberate itself?
A.   Austrian Hapsburgs
B.   Kingdom of Hanover
C.   Napoleon
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.   Zerlina
B.   Maddalena
C.   Sparafucile
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 his love for Gilda.
D.   of Rigoletto’s amorous conquests.
Question #9
In the nineteenth century, opera excerpts were NOT marketed to domestic consumers through
A.   radio broadcasts.
B.   voice and guitar arrangements.
C.   four-hand piano arrangements.
D.   wind band medleys.
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.   Rossini
B.   Mozart
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.   Handel’s Giulio Cesare
B.   Verdi’s Rigoletto
C.   Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas
D.   Monteverdi’s Orfeo
Question #15
Rigoletto, the title character in Verdi’s opera, is
A.   All possible answers.
B.   an assassin.
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.   bel canto
B.   opera seria
C.   verismo
D.   opera buffa
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 play by Victor Hugo.
C.   a poem by Goethe.
D.   a comedy by William Shakespeare.
Question #19
The plot in Rigoletto centers around
A.   searching for a ring forged of gold.
B.   a marriage proposal.
C.   a lover’s revenge.
D.   a curse put on the character Rigoletto
Question #20
Which is NOT true of Verdi?
A.   His favorite literary source was Shakespeare.
B.   Verdi died suddenly at a young age and was unable to fulfill his artistic genius.
C.   Verdi served in the senate of the newly unified Italy.
D.   Verdi lived a long and productive life, writing twenty-eight operas.

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