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Arts and Humanities 10-18-21

Total questions: 115

Worksheet time: 1hrs 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do we call this?

a)

Clef

b)

Staff

c)

Bass

d)

Notes

2.
In Judaism they were monotheistic. What does monotheism mean?
a)
Belief in no god
b)
Belief in many gods
c)
Belief in one god
d)
Belief in the worship of animals
3.
What are the five duties that Muslims must carry out called?
a)
Eightfold path
b)
10 commandments
c)
Nivana
d)
Five Pillars of Islam
4.
What religion did Constantine convert the Roman Empire to? 
a)
Buddhism
b)
Islam
c)
Christianity
d)
Hinduism 
5.
What religion is best represented by this picture?
a)
Judaism
b)
Hinduism
c)
Buddhism
d)
Islam
6.

The belief in one god.

a)

polytheism

b)

deity

c)

monotheism

d)

holy

7.

The belief in many gods.

a)

polytheism

b)

monotheism

c)

deity

d)

holy

8.
Which religion was founded by Siddhartha Gautama?
a)
Buddhism
b)
Confucianism
c)
Islam
d)
Shinto
9.

What is the polytheistic religion in India?

a)

Islam

b)

Christianity

c)

Judaism

d)

Hinduism

10.
Who do Jews, Christians, and Muslims trace their roots back to?  ***Think monotheism
a)
Abraham
b)
Muhammad
c)
Moses
d)
Constantine
11.
The Reformation created two branches within Christianity.  The old Catholic Church remained one of them, but what was the new branch called?
a)
Hinduism
b)
Protestantism
c)
Judaism
d)
Zoranstrianmism 
12.
An actor's movement and stage positions during a performance.
a)
Character
b)
Cue
c)
Curtain Call
d)
Blocking
13.

Which of the following images represent a Proscenium Stage?

a)
b)
c)
d)
14.

Which of the following best describes what a "fourth wall" in theatre is?

a)

A wall used to hang the backdrop for a play

b)

A space used for rehearsal

c)

The area in which the audience sits

d)

An imaginary wall separating the actors from the audience

15.

What are the "wings" of a stage?

a)

Part of a chicken

b)

An area located downstage left

c)

An area where musicians play off-stage

d)

An off-stage area located at the two sides of the stage

16.

Surrealism is...

a)

artwork that depicts dream-like scenes and, or situations that would be bizarre or impossible in real life.

b)

artwork that shows realistic paitnings and sculptures of people and places.

c)

artwork that depicts nature in a way that is realistic.

17.

What is the name of the painting style that describes the work of Claude Monet?

a)

Surrealism

b)

Impressionism

c)

Realism

18.

What artist painted 'Starry Night' and is considered one of the greatest artists in history?

a)

Pablo Picasso

b)

Claude Monet

c)

Vincent Van Gogh

19.

Who created this work of art?

a)

Gustav Klimt

b)

Claude Monet

c)

Vincent Van Gogh

d)

Paul Cezanne

20.

Was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art.

a)

Leonardo di Caprio

b)

Pablo Picasso

c)

Vincent Van Gogh

d)

Post Malone

21.

Which artist was best known for pointillism; small dots of contrasting colors; simple contours; and social scenes?

a)

Seurat

b)

Van Gogh

c)

Cezanne

d)

Toulouse-Lautrec

22.

Who painted this?

a)

Paul Klee

b)

Gustav Klimt

c)

Paul Gaugain

d)

Vincent Van Gogh

23.

Art Style?

a)

Cubism

b)

Realism

c)

Op Art

d)

Pop Art

24.

Art Style/Time Period?

a)

Medieval/Byzantine

b)

Roman

c)

Renaissance

d)

Classic Greek

25.

Who painted the following?

a)

Renoir

b)

Monet

c)

Cassatt

d)

Degas

26.

Which Impressionist artist made this painting?

a)

Van Gogh

b)

Matisse

c)

Seurat

d)

Renoir

27.

a)

dadaism

b)

impressionism

c)

pop art

d)

op art

28.

a)

dadaism

b)

cubism

c)

pop art

d)

surrealist

29.

a)

cubism

b)

abstract

c)

impressionism,

d)

abstract expressionism

30.

a)

Op art

b)

Pop art

c)

Cubism

d)

Expressionism

31.
a)

Op Art

b)

Surrealism

c)

Cubism

d)

Expressionism

32.

A movement in modern art that began in Europe in the early 1900's. It was more concerned with emotional impact rather than realism.

a)

Abstractionism

b)

Expressionism

c)

Impressionism

d)

Surrealism

33.

A three dimensional geometric figure composed of strictly measured lines, planes and angles.

a)

DADAISM

b)

EXPRESSIONISM

c)

FAUVISM

d)

CUBISM

34.

An advocate of a new form of opera called "musical drama"

a)

Franz Schubert

b)

Guiseppi Verdi

c)

Richard Wagner

d)

George Bizet

35.

His works include La Boheme and Madame Butterfly

a)

Giacomo Puccini

b)

Guiseppi Verdi

c)

Richard Wagner

d)

George Bizet

36.

He was the composer of romantic vocal compositions such as Elkornig and Swan Song

a)

Franz Schubert

b)

Guiseppi Verdi

c)

Richard Wagner

d)

George Bizet

37.

What characteristic is typical of the Romantic music?

a)

Music was balanced and symmetrical

b)

Music expressed intense feelings

c)

Piano music was simple and easy to play

d)

Composers only used a small range of notes

38.

19th century music style based on folk songs, dances and legends of the composer's homeland, breaking with the influence of Italian, German and French music.

a)

Program music

b)

Nationalism

c)

Exoticism

d)

Impressionism

39.

Who composed Il trovatore and La traviata, is related with nationalism and represents the peak of the Italian opera?

a)

Puccini

b)

Wagner

c)

Verdi

d)

Bizet

e)

Donizetti

40.

Who composed Tristan und Isolde and Der Ring des Nibelungen, created the "endless melody" and the leitmotiv and also is the great figure of German opera?

a)

Carl Maria von Weber

b)

Wagner

c)

Mahler

d)

Liszt

e)

Brahms

41.

Which instrument was invented during the Baroque period?

a)

Piano.

b)

Keyboard.

c)

Harpsichord.

42.

It means big group which involves the interplay of two groups within the ensemble, the soloist and the accompanying group.

a)

Consertto Grosso

b)

Concertto Grosso

c)

Conserto Grosso

d)

Concerto Grosso

43.

It known as one of the highlights of a baroque music which means to flee.

a)

orchestra

b)

cantata

c)

tocatta

d)

fugue

44.

He was known as the "red priest" and wrote the famous concerti "the four seasons".

a)

Johann Bach

b)

Henry Purcell

c)

George Handel

d)

Antonio Vivaldi

45.

What does the word Baroque mean?

a)

Pearly Shells

b)

Pearl of the orient

c)

Pearl of irregular shape

d)

Pearl Harbor

46.

What Woodwind instrument has a single reed and is made of brass?

a)

Clarinet

b)

Basson

c)

Saxophone

d)

Flute

47.

This woodwind instrument is the smallest of the double reeds?

a)

English Horn

b)

Piccolo

c)

Oboe

d)

Clarinet

48.

Which woodwind instrument is made of nickel-silver, that does not use a reed?

a)

Clarinet

b)

Flute

c)

Oboe

d)

Basson

49.

Which woodwind instrument is the largest?

a)

Bassoon

b)

English Horn

c)

Clarinet

d)

Saxophone

50.

This double reed instrument is slightly longer than the “Oboe.” What is it?

a)

Bassoon

b)

Clarinet

c)

Saxophone

d)

English Horn

51.

Which instrument has wooden bars you hit with mallets?

a)

Xylophone

b)

Glockenspiel

c)

Chimes

d)

Triangle

52.

Which instrument are these?

a)

Triangle

b)

Bongos

c)

Snare Drum

d)

Timpani

53.

Which instrument uses a slide to change pitches?

a)

Trumpet

b)

Trombone

c)

French Horn

d)

Tuba

54.

Name two ways you can make sounds on a stringed instrument (Pick 2 answers).

a)

Plucking the strings

b)

Shaking the instrument

c)

Bowing the strings

d)

Blowing air onto the strings

55.

This instrument is played just like the violin, but it's a bit bigger and lower in pitch.

a)

Violin

b)

Cello

c)

Double Bass

d)

Viola

e)

Harp

56.

This stringed instrument is played sitting down and has a warm, mellow sound.

a)

Cello

b)

Double Bass

c)

Viola

d)

Violin

e)

Harp

57.

This large instrument has about 50 strings, pedals, and the player uses both hands to pluck the strings.

a)

Viola

b)

Cello

c)

Violin

d)

Double Bass

e)

Harp

58.

This instrument is part of the string AND percussion family. You have to press a key down which will cause a hammer to strike a string.

a)

Mandolin

b)

Guitar

c)

Piano

d)

Ukulele

e)

Octobass

59.

This smaller instrument has 4 strings and is played like the guitar. It's from Hawaii.

a)

Octobass

b)

Ukulele

c)

Guitar

d)

Mandolin

60.

This sticky substance helps the horsehairs of the bow grab the strings. It comes from tree sap and creates a sticky powder.

a)

Maple syrup

b)

Velcro

c)

Rosin

d)

Hairspray

61.

This instrument came right before the keyboard

a)

pianoskate

b)

hurdy gurdy

c)

harpsichord

d)

clavicord

62.

A plectrum is:

a)

a hammer

b)

a goose feather

c)

a device that plucks a string in the harpsicord

d)

a keyboard instrument

63.

which keyboard instrument is part of both the keyboard family and the wind family?

a)

Piano

b)

organ

c)

hurdy gurdy

d)

triangle

64.
What power does the title character in Matilda the Musical possess?
a)
Telekinesis (moves things with her mind)
b)
Telepathy (reads people's minds)
65.

What musical which premiered in London had Lea Salonga as the original "Kim" ?

a)

Miss Vietnam

b)

Annie

c)

Miss Saigon

d)

Les Miserables

66.

Jean Valjean, Javert, Cosette, Fantine and Eponine are the characters in what play?

a)

Roxie Hart

b)

Les Miserables

c)

Burlesque

d)

El Revolucion

67.

The musical fantasy "Cats" is based on the poetry collection Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. Who is the poet of these poems?

a)

Robert Browning

b)

T.S. Eliot

c)

Robert Frost

d)

Edgar Allan Poe

68.

What musical tells the story of a masked figure who lurks beneath the catacombs of the Paris Opera House, exercising a reign of terror over all who inhabit it?

a)

Femme Fatale

b)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

c)

The Masquerade

d)

The Phantom of the Opera

69.

What is a Playbill?

a)

A theater program (little booklet) that every patron gets that has a list of musical numbers and bios of the performers.

b)

A movie trailer.

c)

A tv promotion.

d)

A book.

70.

An African-American playwright who is known for writing A Raisin in the Sun.

a)

Langford Wilson

b)

Lorraine Hansberry

c)

Oscar Wilde

d)

Marsha Norman

71.

Which Modern Dance Choreographer created hope fueled choreography that spread awareness of black life in America.

a)

Isadora Duncan

b)

Alvin Ailey

c)

Merce Cunninham

72.

Which Modern Dance choreographer loved to use natural movement like skipping, running, jumping, and leaping

a)

Isadora Duncan

b)

Alvin Ailey

c)

Merce Cunninham

73.
Who's dances were influenced by Eastern Culture
a)
Martha Graham
b)
Arthur Mitchell
c)
Paul Taylor
d)
Ruth St. Denis
74.
What king helped to popularize ballet?
a)
King Henry VIII
b)
King Henry II
c)
King Louis XIV
d)
King Louis III
75.
Which of the following was not created by Marius Petipa? 
a)
The Nutcracker
b)
Swan Lake
c)
Cinderella
d)
Sleeping Beauty
76.

Ragtime mainly features this instrument:

a)

Harmonica

b)

Piano

c)

Trumpet

d)

Bottleneck Slide Guitar

77.

The polyrhythms in jazz came from what country?

a)

Asia

b)

Austria

c)

Australia

d)

Africa

78.
What is the correct order of the Jazz Periods?
a)
Dixieland, Swing, Bebop, Cool, Hard Bop
b)
Swing, Dixieland, Bebop, Cool, Hard Bop
c)
Ragtime, Marching Band, Gospel, Blues
d)
Hard Bop, Cool, Bebop, Swing, Dixieland
79.
What are the 4 kinds of music that influenced jazz?
a)
Marching Band, Ragtime, Blues, Gospel
b)
Marching Band, Dixieland, Swing, Blues
c)
Dixieland, Swing, Bebop, Cool, Hard Bop
d)
Ragtime, Blues, Cool, Bebop
80.
a succession of single tones with rhythms that make a recognizable musical idea
a)
staff
b)
pitch
c)
melody
d)
beat
81.
The highness of lowness of a tone
a)
staff
b)
rhythm
c)
melody
d)
pitch
82.
the speed of the beat, how fast or slow
a)
harmony
b)
choir
c)
melody
d)
tempo
83.
a regular pulse, basic unit of length
a)
choir
b)
rhythm
c)
beat
d)
tempo
84.
the organization of sounds and silences in the same or differing lengths
a)
choir
b)
rhythm
c)
beat
d)
tempo
85.
the sounding of two or more different notes at the same time
a)
melody
b)
tone
c)
staff
d)
harmony
86.

What is value?

a)

A mark on a surface that describes a shape or an outline

b)

A 3-dimensional object having volume and thickness.

c)

The degree of light and dark in a design.

d)

Refers to light that is reflected off objects and has three properties, hue, intensity and value.

87.

What is texture?

a)

Overlap, Shading, Placement, Size, Value and Focus, Linear Perspective

b)

Your eye level line; the place where land and sky appear to meet.

c)

The colors obtained by mixing a primary color and an adjacent secondary color

d)

Refers to surface quality, either tactile or visual

88.
Element of art produced when a wavelength of light strikes an object and reflects back to the eyes.
a)
primary
b)
secondary
c)
teriary
d)
color
89.
Another name for related colors-have one color in common. Colors that appear next to each other on the color wheel.
a)
analogous colors
b)
shape
c)
texture
d)
color
90.
Colors that are directly opposite on the color wheel.  When mixed together, they makes neutral gray or brown.
a)
complementary
b)
texture
c)
analogous
d)
color
91.

What is the primary element(s) of art used in this painting by Kandinsky?

a)

Shape

b)

Shape

c)

Space

d)

Line

92.
A monologue is...
a)
A conversation between characters
b)
Small movable objects
c)
Private thoughts said out loud by one character
d)
The hero's goal or job
93.
Motivations are...
a)
Reasons for a character to do what he or she does
b)
Events that a character takes part in
c)
Conflicts that a character faces
d)
A task that the hero must acomplish
94.
Italicized portions of text that give information beyond the dialogue and help the audience interpret the scene are called... 
a)
Stage directions
b)
Rules
c)
Movements
d)
Dialogue
95.
Small, movable objects used to show the actor's actions are...
a)
Sets
b)
Acts
c)
Scenes
d)
Props
96.

Accent, beat and duration are all subcatergories of which dance element?

a)

time

b)

space

c)

energy

d)

body

97.

Level, focus and pathway are all subcatergories of which dance element?

a)

time

b)

space

c)

energy

d)

body

98.

Attack, flow, and tension are all associated with which element of dance?

a)

body

b)

energy

c)

time

d)

space

99.

Artemis is the goddess of.....

a)

Sun, Poetry, Music

b)

Rainbow, Messenger

c)

Good Luck, Fortune

d)

Moon, Hunt

100.

Who is the god of Prophecy, Music, and Healing; plays the lyre?

a)

Poseidon

b)

Zeus

c)

Hermes

d)

Apollo

101.

Who is the god of War; sits on a thrown of human skin?

a)

Poseidon

b)

Artemis

c)

Hercules

d)

Ares

102.

_________ is the goddess of the harvest; sister of Zeus and mother of Persephone.

a)

Hera

b)

Demeter

c)

Athena

d)

Aphrodite

103.

Who is the goddess of love and beauty?

a)

Hades

b)

Hera

c)

Aphrodite

d)

Athena

104.

Who is the god of fire ;blacksmith to the gods ?

a)

Hephaestes

b)

Troy

c)

Zeus

d)

Achilles

105.

Which god/goddess sprouted fully armed from Zeus's head; goddess of wisdom, battle strategy?

a)

Hera

b)

Persephone

c)

Athena

d)

Aphrodite

106.

Who is the supreme god of all of the Roman god?

a)

Juno

b)

Jupiter

c)

Vesta

d)

Zeus

107.

Several of the Roman gods share the same names as...

a)

Foods

b)

Greek Gods

c)

Planets

d)

Countries

108.

Which goddess is the Queen of the Roman Gods?

a)

Venus

b)

Minerva

c)

Diana

d)

Juno

109.

Which god would be most helpful when fighting in a battle?

a)

Apollo

b)

Mars

c)

Jupiter

d)

Neptune

110.

Which god would deliver a message for you?

a)

Apollo

b)

Juno

c)

Mercury

d)

Mars

111.
Her Roman name was Juno, and this was her symbol. 
a)
Hera
b)
Athena
c)
Hestia
d)
Demeter
112.
Name the goddess of hearth and home who gave up her throne for Dionysus. 
a)
Hermes
b)
Hestia
c)
Hera
d)
Athena
113.
Name the mother of Persephone; her Roman name is Ceres. 
a)
Dionysus
b)
Demeter
c)
Hera
d)
Aphrodite
114.
This god's Roman name is Baccus. 
a)
Artemis
b)
Hestia
c)
Dionysus
d)
Hephaestus
115.
This is one of the symbols of this god. 
a)
Artemis
b)
Hermes
c)
Ares
d)
Hades

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