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