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