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