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