Chapter 10: Quiz

" // Questions and Answers number_answers = new Array(5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5) q1="Which of the following statements best describes Venetian operatic arias around the middle of the seventeenth century?"; q1a="the da capo form was the standard form."; q1b="composers used several forms but favored the strophic aria."; q1c="the strophic aria was standard."; q1d="composers did not compose arias because they believed arias interrupted the narrative of the story."; q1e="none of the above"; q1review=""; q1answer="b"; q2="In which city did most of the conventions of late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century Italian opera develop?"; q2a="Rome"; q2b="Venice"; q2c="Naples"; q2d="Mantua"; q2e="none of the above"; q2review=""; q2answer="c"; q3="Which of the following is a synonym for recitativo semplice<\/i>?"; q3a="stile rappresentativo<\/i>"; q3b="recitativo accompagnato<\/i>"; q3c="recitativo stromentato<\/i>"; q3d="recitativo secco<\/i>"; q3e="none of the above"; q3review=""; q3answer="d"; q4="Which of the following letter schemes best represents the formal plan of a da capo aria?"; q4a="AAAAA"; q4b="ABCA"; q4c="AAB"; q4d="ABA"; q4e="none of the above"; q4review=""; q4answer="d"; q5="Who was Jean-Baptiste Lully's principal librettist?"; q5a="Jean-Philippe Rameau"; q5b="Jean-Philippe Quinault"; q5c="Jean Racine"; q5d="Pierre Corneille"; q5e="none of the above"; q5review=""; q5answer="b"; q6="An opera by Lully might also be called a __________."; q6a="semi-opera"; q6b="opera-ballet"; q6c="tragédie lyrique<\/i>"; q6d="all of the above"; q6e="none of the above"; q6review=""; q6answer="c"; q7="Which of the following best characterizes a typical French overture by Lully?"; q7a="a slow opening section with dotted rhythms followed by a fast section with fugal imitation"; q7b="a three-part form using fast-slow-fast tempos and dance forms"; q7c="a series of melodies drawn from the opera"; q7d="a fast opening section that repeats, followed by a minuet and finishing with a fugal section in a fast tempo"; q7e="none of the above"; q7review=""; q7answer="a"; q8="Which scoring is typical of Lully's orchestration?"; q8a="two violins plus continuo"; q8b="varied scorings that respond to the meaning of the text"; q8c="five-part string orchestra augmented by woodwinds"; q8d="twenty-four strings, each with an independent part"; q8e="none of the above"; q8review=""; q8answer="c"; q9="Who was the librettist for Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas<\/i>?"; q9a="John Milton"; q9b="John Blow"; q9c="Nahum Tate"; q9d="Purcell wrote his own libretto."; q9e="none of the above"; q9review=""; q9answer="c"; q10="Which of the following features does not<\/i> typify the oratorio in Italy during the Baroque period?"; q10a="division into two structural parts"; q10b="biblical subjects"; q10c="extensive use of Palestrina-style counterpoint"; q10d="the presence of a narrator"; q10e="none of the above"; q10review=""; q10answer="c"; q11="Concerts of sacred music given by Buxtehude during Advent were called __________."; q11a="Singspiels"; q11b="Abendmusiken"; q11c="masques"; q11d="grand motets"; q11e="none of the above"; q11review=""; q11answer="b"; q12="Religious German poetry was used in which genre?"; q12a="Abendmusiken"; q12b="Lutheran church cantata"; q12c="oratorio"; q12d="masque"; q12e="none of the above"; q12review=""; q12answer="b"; q13="Stage plays without music were banned from 1649 to 1660 in __________."; q13a="Italy"; q13b="France"; q13c="Germany"; q13d="England"; q13e="none of the above"; q13review=""; q13answer="d"; q14="The Passion was a(n) __________."; q14a="historia depicting the last days of Christ"; q14b="secular cantata sung in Italian"; q14c="genre of English court entertainment"; q14d="French opera genre that included dancing and large choruses"; q14e="none of the above"; q14review=""; q14answer="a"; q15="Which of the following statements best describes the state of Lutheran church music after the Thirty Years'War?"; q15a="Lutherans believed all available resources should be used, including choirs and orchestras."; q15b="Lutherans believed in simple music for personal devotion only."; q15c="Lutherans believed no music should be sung in church in honor of those who had died in the war."; q15d="Lutherans were divided in their opinions about the type of music that should be used."; q15e="none of the above"; q15review=""; q15answer="d"; q16="Which of the following best describes the Italian secular cantata?"; q16a="a mini-opera with scenery and costumes"; q16b="a series of arias for several solo singers with full orchestral accompaniment"; q16c="many short, contrasting sections with recitatives and arias for solo voice with continuo"; q16d="a series of religious songs sung outside of church during Lent and Advent, with orchestral accompaniment and scenery"; q16e="none of the above"; q16review=""; q16answer="c"; q17="The principal genre(s) of religious music cultivated in Louis XIV's court was/were __________."; q17a="several types of motet"; q17b="four-part psalm settings"; q17c="the vernacular cantata"; q17d="the oratorio"; q17e="none of the above"; q17review=""; q17answer="a"; // End of hiding the script. -->