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Baroque and Classical Test
Arts and Humanities
Test IIIA
Name:____________________________________________
Potpourri
Answer the following (2 points)
1. What are the dates for the baroque period?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
1700’s
1600’s
1500’s
1400’s
None of the above
2. Name one of Newton’s laws.
3. Where was Louis XIV king?
4. What were the people that were at the Council of Trent?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Pope
Cardinals
Archbishops
Bishops
All of the above
5. Who was the artist who painted The Calling of St. Matthew and Death of the Virgin?
6. What are some of the characteristics in Baroque visual art?
7. Rembrandt used _____________________________ and __________________
to draw the attention of the viewer to the important areas of the painting.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
text and texture
shadows and darkness
shadows and light
nothing and more nothing
none of the above
Matching
Match the following terms with the correct definitions. Put the letter to the correct
definition in the blank next to the term
8.
9.
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19.
key _____
temperament _____
concerto _____
fugue _____
suite _____
program music _____
absolute music _____
cantata _____
sonata _____
dynamics _____
symphony _____
opera _____
a. several different melodies starting at different times but
going at the same time
b. solo or small group with orchestra
c. a theatrical work in which the dialogue is sung and music is
the main focus
d. one piece, several movements all connected
e. big sacred piece done on holidays
f. volume level of the music
g. the center that tells you what chords to play in the piece
h. music just for musical entertainment
i. music that tells a story
j. a multi movement work
k. the using of half steps to tune and to give characteristics to
the piece
l. an orchestral work that has three to four movements
20. What did Handel write?
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
Messiah
Passion
In the Garden of Eden
Form
None of the above
21. What is the idea of a free market economy called?
22. What is the idea of a free market economy called?
23. What did Watt invent?
24. Name one philosophy during the classical period.
25. What is the idea of a free market economy called?
26. Which artist painted Venus consoling Love?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Boucher
Hogarth
Picasso
N. Smith
None of the above
27. T or F. The Rakes Progress: The Orgy was a political satire.
28. A scene where a human is not the center of attention and it looks like a snap shot
is a _____________________ _________________________.
29. Describe sculptures during the enlightenment. (be specific)
30. What was the main city for American Theatre?
31. What is Empfindsamer Stil?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Empathy still
Expressive style
Endpass Style
Very smooth and pretty
None of the above
32. How big was an orchestra during the classical period?
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
10-20 strings
20-30 strings
30-40 strings
40 plus strings
no strings
33. What country was the main place for music?
34. T or F. Mozart composed opera.
35. What Symphonies of Beethoven’s were classical?
36. What was the main theatre dance?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Folk
Swing
C-Walk
Ballet
None of the above
37. Describe French theatre.
38. What was the style Hogarth painted in?
39. Who was the first with a revolution?
40. What is Greek Revival?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
A tent revival for the Greek orthodox church
Reviving a dead Greek
Reviving the style of Ancient Greece
Building Greek temples
None of the above
Bonus:
1. What does Beethoven mean?
2.
How old was Mozart when he composed his first keyboard work?
3. What was the chicken’s favorite composer?
4. What happened to Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI?
Open Response
Read the prompt and answer to the best of your ability with your own organization.
1. Describe British theatre. Who did they play to? What is a play and playwright in
British theatre? Describe the design of a british theatre?
2. Choose a famous composer. List the period in which they composed. Tell the
genres they composed in and why the composer was important. Describe the
general style of their work.