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Praxis Fine Arts 2
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praxis
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. This artist painted the 'Haywain.'
Edvard Grieg
Sergei Prokofiev
Beethoven
John Constable
2. This Italian composed the operas 'Tosca' and 'La Boheme.'
Benjamin Britten
Peter Tchaikovsky
Giacomo Puccini
From the New World
3. This Greek actor was the actor to be known by name.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Sergei Prokofiev
Thespis
Aaron Copland
4. What French composer wrote 'Damnation of Faust?'
Peter Tchaikovsky
Hector Berlioz
Fidelio
Scott Joplin
5. What is the subtitle of Anton Dvorak's Symphony Number 9?
Benjamin Britten
From the New World
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
John Huston
6. Who composed the musicals 'Candide' and 'On the Town?'
Leonard Bernstein
Irving Berlin
Peter Tchaikovsky
From the New World
7. This man wrote the lyrics to Leonard Bernstein's 'West Side Story.'
Modest Mussorgsky
Dmitri Shostakovich
Stephen Sondheim
Marcel Duchamp
8. What pair wrote the musical 'The King and I?'
D.W. Griffith
Michelangelo
Rogers and Hammerstein
Stephen Foster
9. Who composed the 'Moonlight Sonata?'
Beethoven
Cello
Richard Wagner
Irving Berlin
10. Rogers and Hammerstein wrote the musical 'Showboat' with the help of what famous songwriter?
Jerome Kern
Stephen Foster
Michelangelo
Beethoven
11. This songwriter wrote 'Beautiful Dreamer.'
Marcel Duchamp
Stephen Foster
Bas relief
Claude Debussy
12. What Spanish artist painted 'Maids of Honor?'
Harmonica
Stephen Foster
John Constable
Diego Velasquez
13. This man directed the movies 'Maltese Falcon' and 'African Queen.'
Modest Mussorgsky
Georgia O'Keefe
John Huston
Cello
14. This American artist pioneered the 'action painting' genre.
D.W. Griffith
Marcel Duchamp
Jackson Pollack
Peter Tchaikovsky
15. This man composed the opera 'Hansel and Gretel.'
Engelbert Humperdinck
Peter Tchaikovsky
Jerome Kern
Louis Armstrong
16. What French composer wrote 'Nocturne' and 'La Mer?'
Hector Berlioz
Claude Debussy
Fidelio
Stephen Foster
17. What was the last name of famed artist Michelangelo?
Benjamin Britten
Sergei Prokofiev
Buonarroti
Cello
18. This composer wrote the operas 'Lohengrin' and 'Tannhauser.'
Igor Stravinsky
Jerome Kern
Henri de Toulouse - Lautrec
Richard Wagner
19. What famous songwriter wrote 'Alexander's Ragtime Band?'
Richard Wagner
D.W. Griffith
Irving Berlin
Leonard Bernstein
20. This man composed the opera 'Boris Godunov.'
Modest Mussorgsky
Stephen Foster
Marcel Duchamp
Michelangelo
21. What Jazz musician was nicknamed 'Satchmo?'
Stephen Sondheim
Louis Armstrong
Rogers and Hammerstein
Beethoven
22. This man directed the classic movie 'Birth of a Nation.'
Giacomo Puccini
Winslow Homer
Bas relief
D.W. Griffith
23. What Russian composed 'Peter and the Wolf?'
Leonard Bernstein
Benjamin Britten
Sergei Prokofiev
Cello
24. What Russian composer wrote the opera 'Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk?'
Hector Berlioz
Dmitri Shostakovich
Thespis
Winslow Homer
25. This actor won an Academy Award for his starring role in 'The King and I.'
Louis Armstrong
Aaron Copland
Yul Brynner
Harmonica
26. What is the name of the only opera that Beethoven composed?
Modest Mussorgsky
Fidelio
Yul Brynner
Georgia O'Keefe
27. This artist is best known for his paintings of Campbell's Soup Cans.
From the New World
Yul Brynner
Andy Warhol
Edvard Grieg
28. This artist painted the famous 'At the Moulin Rouge.'
Edvard Grieg
Philip Glass
'Count'
Henri de Toulouse - Lautrec
29. He composed the operas 'Billy Budd' and 'Peter Grimes.'
Benjamin Britten
Cubism
Whistler's Mother
Stephen Foster
30. He composed the opera 'Einstein on the Beach.'
Philip Glass
'Count'
Stephen Foster
Michelangelo
31. Picasso was influential in this geometric art style of the early 20th century.
Cubism
Louis Armstrong
John Gay
Philip Glass
32. What composer wrote the opera 'Benvenuto Celini?'
Rogers and Hammerstein
Hector Berlioz
Henri de Toulouse - Lautrec
Yul Brynner
33. This American artist famous for her Southwestern landscapes married photographer Alfred Stieglitz.
34. What artist painted 'Nude Descending a Staircase?'
Andy Warhol
Thespis
Giacomo Puccini
Marcel Duchamp
35. This composer wrote 'Holberg Suite.'
Beethoven
Louis Armstrong
Edvard Grieg
Peter Tchaikovsky
36. What American composer wrote the Pulitzer Prize winning 'Appalachian Spring?'
Cubism
Stephen Sondheim
Aaron Copland
Dmitri Shostakovich
37. This Giuseppe Verdi opera's title translates to 'The Lost One.'
Louis Armstrong
Aaron Copland
La Traviata
Claude Debussy
38. This Russian composer wrote the '1812 Overture.'
Peter Tchaikovsky
Rogers and Hammerstein
Igor Stravinsky
Leonard Bernstein
39. What is the more famous name of the painting 'Arrangement in Gray and Black?'
40. This American artist painted 'Breaking Storm' and 'Gulf Stream.'
Yul Brynner
John Constable
Winslow Homer
Monteverdi
41. What instrument did Larry Adler popularize in the classical music scene?
Harmonica
Hector Berlioz
Irving Berlin
Cello
42. What Russian composer wrote the ballets 'The Wedding' and 'The Firebird?'
Jerome Kern
Igor Stravinsky
Jackson Pollack
Leonard Bernstein
43. This artist is best known for his frescos on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Andy Warhol
Bas relief
Michelangelo
Yul Brynner
44. This man composed 'The Beggars Opera.'
John Gay
Rogers and Hammerstein
D.W. Griffith
Richard Wagner
45. This songwriter composed 'Maple Leaf Rag.'
Edvard Grieg
Rogers and Hammerstein
Scott Joplin
'Count'
46. This kind of sculpture is slightly raised from its flat background and literally translates as 'low relief.'
Harmonica
Bas relief
John Huston
Igor Stravinsky
47. What is the nickname of musician William Basie?
48. Who composed the opera 'The Marriage of Figaro?'
Peter Tchaikovsky
Thespis
Engelbert Humperdinck
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
49. What instrument is Pablo Cassals famous for playing?
Rogers and Hammerstein
Cello
Winslow Homer
Cubism
50. He composed the operas 'Orfeo' and 'The Return of Ulysses.'
Scott Joplin
Stephen Sondheim
Monteverdi
Engelbert Humperdinck