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