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Gov Cup A&H 2

Total questions: 87

Worksheet time: 58mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which element does this picture illustrate?
a)
line
b)
texture
c)
color
d)
form
2.
This musical dynamic indicates that passage should be played or sung very softly.  Name this dynamic marking, symbolized by two lowercase p's.
a)
alegro
b)
pianissimo
3.
This feature of much African music is also found in the music of Eastern Woodlands tribes.  In what style does a leader sing a melody that a group repeats or otherwise responds to?
a)
Call and Response
b)
Refrain
4.
This artist depicted the man who cared for him in his final months in Portrait of Dr. Gachet. 
a)
Van Gogh
b)
Monet
5.
There are three ways to play this group of instruments: plucking, bowing, or striking.  What family of musical instruments includes the guitar and fiddle?
a)
Strings
b)
Percussion
6.
This word refers to the largest possible division of a play.  There are five of them in each of Shakespeare's plays.  What is the three letter word, which is also a synonym of "perform"?
a)
Act
b)
Sol
7.
This singing technique from African folk music is also found in African American slave songs and gospel music.  Identify the technique, often paired with clapping or another rhythm, in which a leader sings a melody and a group repeats it. 
a)
Call and Response
b)
Call Back
8.
This string instrument's design was perfected by craftsmen Andrea amati and Antonio Stradivari.
a)
Cello
b)
Violin
9.
This artist's paintings Wheat Field with Cypresses and Bedroom in Arles exhibit the swirling brushstrokes and bright colors of Post-Impressionism. 
a)
Cassat
b)
Van Gogh
10.
This historic site is also known as Federal Hill, the home of Judge John Rowan.
a)
My Old Kentucky Home
b)
Monitcello
11.
What site, according to legend was the inspiration for the Kentucky state song?
a)
My Old Kentucky Home
b)
Rupp Arena
12.
This symphonic poem shares its title with a 1951 Gene Kelly film and a 2015 Broadway musical. 
a)
An American in Paris
b)
Singing in the Rain
13.
Karen Briggs, Itzhak Perlman, and Isaac Stern are all famous for playing this string instrument.
a)
Base
b)
Violin
14.
Name the creator of Cafe Terrace at Night, as well as paintings of irises and sunflowers.
a)
Van Gosh
b)
Seurat
15.
This instrument consists of two outer cover plates, two brass reed plates, and a hole filled "comb."
a)
Harmonica
b)
Sousaphone
16.
This man composed a suite for wind and string band that was first performed on a barge in the River Thames (TEMZ).
a)
Gershwin
b)
Handel
17.
This composer made his name with minstrel songs like Old Folks at Home and Camptown Races.
a)
Stephen Foster
b)
Francis Scott Key
18.
What site, according to legend was the inspiration for the Kentucky state song?
a)
The Natural Bridge
b)
My Old Kentucky Home
19.
Name this preferred instrument of Charlie Daniels, which he probably calls a fiddle.
a)
Violin
b)
Cello
20.
This dancer combined elements of ballet, tap, and jazz in works like One The Town.  Identify this director and actor, who also choreographed the performed in An American in Paris and Singin in the Rain.
a)
Gene Kelly
b)
Ginger Rogers
21.
This medium, which artists often use to design murals, can produce sketches on pre-pared canvases.  For art, it is fine-grained, and usually made from willow wood.  Identify this substance which helps artists make quick black and white sketches. 
a)
Graphite
b)
Charcoal
22.
Strictly speaking, this type of sculpture is the opposite of a stabile. 
a)
Mobile
b)
Profile
23.
What type of sculptures designed by Alexander Calder got their name from their movable parts?
a)
Mobile
b)
Fesco
24.
The earliest examples of this sculpture inspired by Piet Mondraian (PEET MONDREE AHN) consisted of white wire attached to red, blue, and black metal disks and spheres. 
a)
Mobile
b)
Stabile
25.
This instrument is derived from the Chinese sheng, standard models produce twenty notes, and are played by inhaling or exhaling over the sound holes. 
a)
Recorder
b)
Harmonica
26.
Name this work that combines jazz and classical influences with realistic touches, such as authentic French taxi horns. 
a)
An American in Paris
b)
Brigadoon
27.
This composer's best known oratorio premiered at Easter in Dublin, and featured the Hallelujah Chorus
a)
Handel
b)
Bach
28.
This composer created ballads with Beautiful Dreamer and Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair.
a)
Franklin Rogers
b)
Stephen Foster
29.
This dancer performed with his own "alter ego" in Cover Girl and concluded on of his movie musicals with a ballet lasting several minutes. 
a)
Gene Kelly
b)
George Gershwin
30.
Identify the Baroque composer of Water Music and Messiah.
a)
Vivaldi
b)
Handel
31.
Name this work about a US citizen's impressions of the largest French city, composed by George Gershwin.
a)
An American in Paris
b)
Rhapsody in Blue
32.
Identify the pocket sized woodwind associated with the blues.
a)
Saxophone
b)
Harmonica
33.
This Allegheny born dancer performed in the Greenwich Village Follies after studying at the Denishawn dance company.
a)
Ginger Rogers
b)
Martha Graham
34.
In the nineteenth century, this type of song sometimes accompanied the ring shout.  Some derived from Protestant psalms and hymns, while others were used as works songs during slavery 
a)
Call and Response
b)
Spiritual
35.
In the simplest form of this dance, the left foot steps forward, the right foot kicks forward and steps back, and the left foot steps back.
a)
Charleston
b)
Chimy Changa
36.
Her choreography for Maple Leaf Rag, Cave of the Heart, and Letter to the World was less famous than her collaboration with Aaron Copland.
a)
Ginger Rogers
b)
Martha Graham
37.
Although popularized on Broadway and in Harlem ballrooms, it originated among African-American dock workers in the South.  Identify this 1920s dance, named for a South Carolina city.
a)
Charleston
b)
Tango
38.
What type of song, the precursor to gospel, is "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"?
a)
Spiritual
b)
Psalm
39.
Name this choreographer and co-star of the ballet Appalachian Spring
a)
Martha Graham
b)
Anna Pavlova
40.
This composer's only opera sees a wife disguise herself as a boy to rescue her husband. That opera is "Fidelio." He originally dedicated his "Third Symphony," nicknamed "Eroica," to Napoleon. Which Romantic-era composer created "Moonlight Sonata"?
a)
Mozart
b)
Johann Sebatian Bach
c)
Beethoven
d)
George Frederic Handel
41.
This philosopher's traditional birthday, September 28, is celebrated as "Teacher's Day" in Taiwan. He wished to make education widely available during his lifetime in China. Identify this philosopher whose writings have been collected in the "Analects."
a)
Ghandi
b)
Aristotle
c)
Confucius
d)
Mencius
42.
This string instrument's body represents a tambourine, with a vellum belly attached to a metal hoop. Its violin-style bridge and frets hold five metal strings that can be played with bare fingers or a pick. What is this folk instrument associated with bluegrass music?
a)
Guitar
b)
Banjo
c)
Eukelele
d)
Sitar
43.
This dance styled evolved around 1880 from the flamenco, milonga, and habanera, but took thirty-five years to achieve European popularity. Its early spirit gave way to smoother steps, but it kept its characteristic head snaps. Name this couple ballroom dance, usually in 2/4 time, that originated on the streets of Argentina.
a)
Waltz
b)
Tango
c)
Merengue
d)
Salsa
44.
This artist, who used browns and dark greens in his early works, depicted a peasant family's meal in "The Potato Eaters." He wrote letters to his youngest brother Theo while living in a mental institution from 1889 to 1890. Who was this Post-Impressionist, remembered for his vibrant still lifes of sunflowers?
a)
Michaelangelo
b)
Manet
c)
Van Gogh
d)
Picasso
45.
This art medium is usually made of pigment, binder, and solvent. It can be oil-, water-, or egg-based. What medium used in two-dimensional art can be acrylic, tempera, or watercolor?
a)
Chalk
b)
Charcoal
c)
Paint
d)
Airbrush
46.
The repeated technical elements that make up a piece of art
a)
Humanity 
b)
Structure
c)
Purpose
d)
Process
47.
The connection one piece of art has to other pieces of art
a)
Structure
b)
Purpose
c)
Humanity
d)
Interrelation
48.
The reason a piece of art is made; what it is intended to do
a)
Purpose
b)
Stucture
c)
Process
d)
Interrelation
49.
The things we can learn about people from the art of their time period
a)
Purpose
b)
Process
c)
Humanity
d)
Structure
50.
The 3 stages of art; its creation, it exhibition, and the reaction people have to it.
a)
Process
b)
Purpose
c)
Structure 
d)
Interrelation
51.
Type of comedy where characters laughed at more because of what they do
a)
low comedy
b)
domestic comedy
c)
high comedy
d)
tragicomedy
52.
Italian Renaissance theatre used __ __ to create distance in scenery.
a)
oil painting
b)
forced perspective
c)
open roofs
d)
attached skenes
53.
Type of comedy filled with elegant, rich characters concerned with how they behave.
a)
low comedy
b)
domestic comedy
c)
high comedy
d)
farce
54.
Large flat circle where chorus danced and sang in Greek theatre.
a)
parados
b)
mansion stage
c)
skene
d)
orchestra
55.
Used during Middle Ages theatre actors traveled in these to perform biblical stories.
a)
pageant wagons
b)
skenes
c)
parados
d)
tiring house
56.

1. The music at right is MOST likely written in what time signature?

a)

4/4

b)

2/4

c)

3/4

d)

3/8

57.

1. Register, range, and frequency are all most closely associated with which of the following elements of music?

a)

pitch

b)

texture

c)

rhythm

d)

dynamics

58.

1. It resembles a hashtag. Which choice below names the accidental that raises a note’s pitch by one half step?

a)

flat

b)

natural

c)

ledger

d)

sharp

59.

1. J. S. Bach composed them for holidays throughout the church calendar. A vocal composition, usually for a choir, that features instrumental accompaniment is known as which of the following?

a)

concerto

b)

cantata

c)

sonata

d)

symphony

60.

1. Motown music, which launched the careers of Aretha Franklin, Smokey Robinson, and many other African-American artists, was centered in what U.S. city?

a)

Chicago

b)

New Orleans

c)

New York

d)

Detroit

61.

1. Which woodwind below does NOT require a single or double reed?

a)

flute

b)

saxophone

c)

clarinet

d)

bassoon

62.

1. Intricately coiled tubing forms the distinctive circular shape of which brass instrument below?

a)

trombone

b)

trumpet

c)

French horn

d)

tuba

63.

1. Which of the following composers dedicated his Pathétique Sonata to Prince Karl von Lichnowsky and wrote his Moonlight Sonata in the key of C-sharp minor?

a)

Frederic Chopin

b)

Franz Liszt

c)

Ludwig van Beethoven

d)

Johannes Brahms

64.

1. He wrote more than 600 songs, including “The Erl King” and “Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel.” Which composer below, an originator of Romanticism, created a celebrated musical setting of the Latin text “Ave Maria”?

a)

Giuseppe Verdi

b)

Franz Schubert

c)

Franz Joseph Haydn

d)

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

65.

1. Match each composer with his work.


x. Igor Stravinsk 1. “Mood Indigo”

y. Scott Joplin 2. Maple Leaf Rag

z. Duke Ellington 3. The Rite of Spring

a)

x-1, y-2, z-3

b)

x-1, y-3, z-2

c)

x-2, y-1, z-3

d)

x-3, y-2, z-1

66.

1. Pointe shoes, which allow the dancer to support her weight on the extreme tips of her toes, are common in what dance style?

a)

jazz

b)

ballet

c)

ballroom

d)

tap

67.

1. The couple at right is performing what dance, which spread from Buenos Aires, Argentina to international ballrooms in the early 20th century?

a)

tarantella

b)

salsa

c)

tango

d)

conga

68.

1. Which one of the following movements is locomotor?

a)

skip

b)

stretch

c)

twist

d)

sway

69.

1. Bob Fosse created the choreography for which musical below?

a)

Chicago

b)

The King and I

c)

West Side Story

d)

Fiddler on the Roof

70.

1. Which of the following dancers co-starred in numerous musical comedies, including Flying Down to Rio and Top Hat, with Ginger Rogers?

a)

Gene Kelly

b)

Alvin Ailey

c)

Arthur Murray

d)

Fred Astaire

71.

1. Shakespeare designed most of his plays for performance in which theater below, a replica of which still stands in London?

a)

The Apollo

b)

The Shubert

c)

The Globe

d)

The Rose

72.

1. Daddy Warbucks and Miss Hannigan are two central characters in which of the following musicals, whose songs include “It’s the Hard Knock Life” and “Tomorrow”?

a)

Matilda

b)

Annie

c)

The Music Man

d)

Cinderella

73.

After a performance is finished, the audience might call for the actors to reappear onstage by shouting which word below?

a)

exposition

b)

soliloquy

c)

encore

d)

strike

74.

1. Three of the following choices are principles of art. Which one is an element of art?

a)

emphasis

b)

balance

c)

texture

d)

proportion

75.

1. Match each hue with its complementary color.


x. red 1. blue

y. orange 2. purple

z. yellow 3. green

a)

x-1, y-2, z-3

b)

x-2, y-1, z-3

c)

x-2, y-3, z-1

d)

x-3, y-1, z-2

76.

1. Genre painting, which flourished among 17th-century Flemish and Dutch artists, took which of the following as its subject?

a)

ordinary, domestic scenes

b)

royal portraits

c)

the Bible

d)

Greek and Roman mythology

77.

1. What kind of artwork, pioneered by Alexander Calder, is pictured at right?

a)

totem

b)

frieze

c)

rubbing

d)

mobile

78.

1. Below are four Leonardo da Vinci paintings. Which one, which uses sfumato and is housed in the Louvre, is alternately titled La Gioconda?

a)

Madonna of the Rocks

b)

Lady with an Ermine

c)

The Last Supper

d)

Mona Lisa

79.

1. Which of the following statements about Pablo Picasso is FALSE?

a)

He co-founded the Cubist art movement.

b)

His best-known paintings include The Scream and Luncheon on the Grass.

c)

He commemorated a Basque town’s bombing with the mural Guernica.

d)

His career incorporated “rose” and “blue” periods.

81.

1. Mary Cassatt, remembered for her portraits of mothers and children, was most closely associated with which of the following art movements?

a)

Dada

b)

Impressionism

c)

Surrealism

d)

Pop Art

81.

1. Mary Cassatt, remembered for her portraits of mothers and children, was most closely associated with which of the following art movements?

a)

Dada

b)

Impressionism

c)

Surrealism

d)

Pop Art

82.

1. Mary Cassatt, remembered for her portraits of mothers and children, was most closely associated with which of the following art movements?

a)

Dada

b)

Impressionism

c)

Surrealism

d)

Pop Art

83.

1. The device at right was used by colonial Americans to make which of the following foods?

a)

sugar

b)

tea

c)

butter

d)

flour

84.

1. Great Plains tribes once held yearly religious ceremonies to celebrate the buffalo’s return each spring. These gatherings were named for which natural phenomenon below?

a)

sun

b)

wind

c)

rain

d)

moon

85.

1. Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley were all sorted into which of the following Hogwarts houses, which prizes bravery and is symbolized by a lion?

a)

Hufflepuff

b)

Gryffindor

c)

Slytherin

d)

Ravenclaw

86.

1. She was once an American Idol judge, but currently executive produces and serves as a judge on World of Dance. Which actress/singer/dancer below voices Shira in the Ice Age films?

a)

Jennifer Lopez

b)

Alicia Keys

c)

Taylor Swift

d)

Miley Cyrus

87.

1. Match each deity with the culture that worships it.


x. Pele 1. Hopi

y. Kachin 2. West African/Caribbean

z. Anansi 3. Hawaiian

a)

x-1, y-2, z-3

b)

x-2, y-1, z-3

c)

x-2, y-3, z-1

d)

x-3, y-1, z-2

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