Pentathlon Fine Arts Practice Test 2

1. Which of the following is the highness or lowness of a sound?

• a. beat
• b. tempo
• c. pitch
• d. harmony
• e. rhythm

2. Which approach does Vik Muniz use in his recreations of famous photographs and artworks?

• a. using unexpected materials
• b. traditional painting techniques
• c. digital manipulation
• d. bronze casting
• e. Impressionist painting

3. Paint is usually composed of three different materials: pigments, _____, and solvents.

• a. fillers
• b. thickeners
• c. resins
• d. binders
• e. additives

4. Who was the instigator of the endeavor to “write music down” by means of musical notation?

• a. the local parish
• b. the composer
• c. the king
• d. the musicians’ guild
• e. the Catholic Church

5. How did Tōru Takemitsu first become exposed to Western music?

• a. by receiving formal training from a Western music teacher
• b. by secretly listening to a recording of a popular French song
• c. by attending a concert in Japan
• d. by studying Western music in a university
• e. by reading about Western music in books

6. Agnes Denes’s work Rice/Tree/Burial of 1968 is one of the foundational works of ecological contemporary art and described by her as a “_________,” meaning, a creative work that sets out an agenda for radical change.

• a. essay
• b. treatise
• c. manifesto
• d. proposal
• e. statement

7. What term is often used to refer to the vocalization of birds?

• a. birdsong
• b. birdcall
• c. chirp
• d. tweet
• e. birdnote

8. The University of Iowa’s multimedia and video art program encouraged students and faculty to move beyond traditional fine arts categories like painting and structure to pursue work that was ____________, exploring the ways in which dance, theater, writing, music, and other creative forms could merge with the visual arts.

• a. traditional
• b. restrictive
• c. unstructured
• d. interdisciplinary
• e. simplistic

9. What type of view does the Church Rock Spill photograph represent?

• a. ground-level view
• b. side view
• c. underwater view
• d. close-up view
• e. aerial view

10. Why did repressive governments find jazz threatening?

• a. because of its emphasis on “free expression of the individual”
• b. because of its “use of classical instruments”
• c. because of its “association with foreign cultures”
• d. because of its “focus on structured compositions”
• e. because of its “popularity in urban areas”