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