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