Chapter 18: Quiz

" // Questions and Answers number_answers = new Array(5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5) q1="A fast, brilliant, concluding section in an Italian operatic aria is often called a __________."; q1a="cavatina"; q1b="recitativo accompagnato"; q1c="cabaletta"; q1d="casta diva"; q1e="none of the above"; q1review=""; q1answer="c"; q2="The most famous and important opera composer in Europe around 1825 was __________."; q2a="Rossini"; q2b="Bellini"; q2c="Beethoven"; q2d="Gounod"; q2e="none of the above"; q2review=""; q2answer="a"; q3="Which city was the center of opera in the early nineteenth century?"; q3a="Venice"; q3b="Dresden"; q3c="Paris"; q3d="Prague"; q3e="none of the above"; q3review=""; q3answer="c"; q4="The typical scene structure of a Rossini opera is __________."; q4a="dry recitative plus a da capo aria"; q4b="instrumental introduction—recitative—cantabile<\/i>—cabaletta<\/i>"; q4c="recitative—aria—ensemble—chorus"; q4d="orchestral introduction—aria—cadenza"; q4e="none of the above"; q4review=""; q4answer="b"; q5="The main composers of Italian opera in the beginning of the nineteenth century were __________."; q5a="Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti"; q5b="Rossini, Bellini, Verdi"; q5c="Rossini, Donizetti, Meyerbeer"; q5d="Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi"; q5e="none of the above"; q5review=""; q5answer="a"; q6="Which composer helped to establish French grand opera?"; q6a="Robert le Diable"; q6b="Giacomo Meyerbeer"; q6c="Charles Gounod"; q6d="Victor Hugo"; q6e="none of the above"; q6review=""; q6answer="b"; q7="Gounod's Faust<\/i> is an example of what type of opera?"; q7a="lyric opera"; q7b="opéra comique"; q7c="grand opera"; q7d="Singspiel"; q7e="none of the above"; q7review=""; q7answer="a"; q8="Berlioz's La Damnation de Faust<\/i> is unusual because __________."; q8a="it was written in French but was premiered in Germany"; q8b="it incorporates ballet scenes"; q8c="it was based on Goethe's novel, Faust<\/i>"; q8d="it was not intended for stage performance"; q8e="none of the above"; q8review=""; q8answer="d"; q9="Verdi's first creative period culminated with the composition of __________."; q9a="La traviata<\/i>"; q9b="Aida<\/i>"; q9c="Otello<\/i>"; q9d="Lucia di Lammermoor<\/i>"; q9e="none of the above"; q9review=""; q9answer="b"; q10="Which of the following is not<\/i> a characteristic of Verdi's late operas?"; q10a="recurring themes"; q10b="continuous flow of music and action"; q10c="plots adapted from plays by Shakespeare"; q10d="spoken dialogue for the most intense scenes"; q10e="none of the above"; q10review=""; q10answer="d"; q11="Weber's Der Freischütz<\/i> incorporates aspects of which genre(s)?"; q11a="Singspiel"; q11b="melodrama"; q11c="opera"; q11d="all of the above"; q11e="none of the above"; q11review=""; q11answer="d"; q12="Wagner's term for the union of all the arts in a drama is __________."; q12a="Gesamtkunstwerk"; q12b="Bayreuth"; q12c="melodrama"; q12d="Judentum"; q12e="none of the above"; q12review=""; q12answer="a"; q13="Which statement is not<\/i> true of Wagner's librettos?"; q13a="Wagner wrote them himself."; q13b="They are based on medieval stories, myths, and legends."; q13c="They are constructed to create opportunities for da capo arias."; q13d="all of the above"; q13e="none of the above"; q13review=""; q13answer="c"; q14="A leitmotif is a motive that represents __________."; q14a="a character"; q14b="an object that the characters use or seek"; q14c="an idea or an emotion"; q14d="any of the above"; q14e="none of the above"; q14review=""; q14answer="d"; q15="Wagner's Tristan und Isolde<\/i> was influential because __________."; q15a="it used ambiguous harmony that stretched the limits of tonality"; q15b="it was deeply anti-Semitic and inspired other anti-semitic operas"; q15c="it was the first true opera in the German language"; q15d="all of the above"; q15e="none of the above"; q15review=""; q15answer="a"; // End of hiding the script. -->