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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #2
A The Old Testament
B The New Testament
C Both the Old and New Testaments
D The Torah
Question #3
A It featured arias, recitatives, ensemble numbers, choruses, and narration.
B It utilized scenery, acting, and costumes, just as in opera.
C It was generally based on a biblical story and performed in a church.
D It’s secular
Question #4
A Chord changes
B Harmony
C Ostinato
D Walking line
Question #5
A Altos
B Castrati
C Ball-less
D Sopranatos
Question #6
A Both opera seria and opera buffa
B Verismo
C Opera buffa
D Opera seria
Question #7
A Dido and Aeneus
B Dafne
C La Boheme
D Giulio Cesare
Question #8
A Jacopo Peri
B Henry Purcell
C Georg Frederic Handel
D Giacomo Puccini
Question #9
A Milan
B Venice
C Verona
D Florence
Question #11
A Comprimarios
B Protagonists
C Principals
D Antagonists
Question #12
A Chorus
B Principal
C Supernumerary
D Comprimario
Question #15
A The Reformation
B The Counter-Reformation
C The Punic Wars
D The Industrial Revolution
Question #16
A lament aria
B masque
C ritornello
D da capo aria
Question #17
A All three textures
B Monophonic
C Polyphonic
D Homophonic
Question #18
A Jehovah’s Witness
B Jewish
C Lutheran
D Catholic
Question #21
A the Royal Opera of England??
B no one, since stage plays were outlawed
C a group of girls at a boarding school
Question #23
A with a frenetic rhythmic pulse
B with a descending, chromatic bass line
C with a disjunct solo line
Question #24
A to die
B to marry Aeneas
C to leave her country
Question #26
A recitative
B aria
Question #27
A the Iliad.
B the Odyssey.
C the Aeneid.
Question #28
A He was a photography professor
B He was a music teacher in a girls’ school.
C He was a church organist.
D He was a court composer.
Question #29
A Los Angeles Opera
B Santa Clarita Opera
C LAMC Opera
D Mission Opera
Question #30
A an orchestra interlude
B homorhythmic choral singing
C rapid speechlike declamation
D tuneful and highly emotive melodies
Question #31
A It may introduce themes from arias to follow.
B It’s played between scenes.
C It is an instrumental introduction to an opera.
D The pit orchestra plays it
Question #33
A Monteverdi
B Machiavelli
C Peri
D Handel
Question #34
A All of these
B Vaudeville
C the Broadway musical
D Operetta
Question #35
A chant
B cantatas
C choruses
Question #36
A the mass
B opera
C singing
D Lieder
