24-25 Pentathlon Fine Arts Section I

What is one of the roles of music and art in our lives according to the text?

• To entertain us only

• To help us ignore our surroundings

• To draw attention to our ecological surroundings

• To make us forget about nature

What is contemporary eco art primarily concerned with?

• Depicting real or imagined places

• Addressing issues of climate and ecology

• Creating traditional landscape paintings

• Ignoring environmental issues

What do prehistoric cave paintings predominantly feature?

• Modern cities

• Animals

• Abstract shapes

• Space exploration

What do modern landscape paintings from the seventeenth century onward depict?

• Urban life

• Space travel

• Landscapes

• Historical events

What is the broadest definition of music according to the text?

• Sound organized in time

• Sound organized in space

• Sound organized by instruments

• Sound organized by rhythm

What are the two kinds of musical sounds mentioned in the text?

• Loud and soft

• High and low

• Pitched and non-pitched

• Fast and slow

Who categorized instruments into four groups in the late nineteenth century?

• Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven

• Curt Sachs and Erich von Hornbostel

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Franz Schubert

• Igor Stravinsky and Claude Debussy

What is the frequency of a pure sine wave that sounds like an A above middle C?

• 220 Hz

• 330 Hz

• 440 Hz

• 550 Hz

What type of instruments are described as aerophones?

• Instruments with strings

• Instruments that use air to produce sound

• Instruments with membranes

• Instruments that use electricity

Which family of instruments does the violin belong to?

• Woodwinds

• Brass

• Stringed instruments

• Percussion