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