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Snow Day A & H Quiz

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The word "register" is most closely associated with which element of music?

a)

form

b)

harmony

c)

pitch

d)

texture

2.

If a composer calls for staccato notes, how should they be played?

a)

smoothly

b)

quietly

c)

loudly

d)

detached

3.

What kind of musical symbol is this?

a)

bass clef

b)

repeat sign

c)

half rest

d)

slur

4.

Vivaldi's The Four Seasons are an example of which musical form below, in which a solo instrument is accompanied by an orchestra?

a)

nocturne

b)

concerto

c)

fanfare

d)

opera

5.

Which of the following statements about music's Romantic Era is FALSE?

a)

Bach and Handel were its two most prominent composers

b)

Composers were concerned with personal expression of strong emotions

c)

It lasted for much of the 19th Century

d)

Many songs were nationalistic-they celebrated composers' homelands

6.

In the picture, the person is playing what instrument?

a)

guiro

b)

lute

c)

ocarina

d)

dulcimer

7.

Which instrument below does NOT have a keyboard?

a)

synthesizer

b)

organ

c)

timpani

d)

harpsichord

8.

The sousaphone is MOST closely related to what other brass instrument?

a)

trumpet

b)

tuba

c)

trombone

d)

French horn

9.

George Gershwin included a tuba and violin, bluesy melodies for strings and muted trumpet, and honking taxi horns in which work below, a piece of program music that was his first purely orchestral work?

a)

Of Thee I Sing

b)

An American in Paris

c)

Nice Work If You Can Get It

d)

Rhapsody in Blue

10.

Place, focus, and relationship are subsets of which dance element?

a)

time

b)

energy

c)

action

d)

space

11.

Which of the following choices is NOT a couples' ballroom dance?

a)

can-can

b)

cha-cha

c)

foxtrot

d)

minuet

12.

Which dancer/choreographer founded the Dance Theatre of Harlem?

a)

Hines

b)

Robinson

c)

Ortega

d)

Mitchell

13.

Who is this work by Michelangelo?

a)

Adam

b)

David

c)

Abraham

d)

Moses

14.

Which woman choreographed a ballet called Fall River Legend as well as Rodgers and Hammerstein's first collaboration?

a)

Martha Graham

b)

Twyla Tharp

c)

Agnes de Mille

d)

Anna Pavlova

15.

Which character does NOT appear in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?

a)

Mercutio

b)

Lady Capulet

c)

Tybalt

d)

Macbeth

16.

Around 1490, which Renaissance artist below painted a portrait of Cecilia Gallernai in which she held an ermine, possible a symbol of purity?

a)

Titian

b)

Donatello

c)

Raphael

d)

Leonardo da Vinci

17.

Who is a professional golfer from Kentucky?

a)

Mr. Vibbert

b)

Mr. Kerr

c)

Justin Thomas

d)

Justin Timberlake

18.

Look at this ermine.

Do you think he (or she) is cute?

a)

yes

b)

so cute!

c)

adorbs!

d)

I want to take him home.

19.

Which choice below names a shade of a secondary color from the artist's color wheel?

a)

lime

b)

gold

c)

cardinal

d)

navy

20.

What archectural element is this?

a)

dome

b)

flying buttress

c)

frieze

d)

post

21.

Is this a flying buttress?

a)

yes

b)

no

c)

you should have picked yes

d)

why aren't you picking yes?

22.

In this Disney movie, someone tries to escape the Land of the Dead?

a)

Coco

b)

Moana

c)

Brave

d)

Up

23.

What kind of stage is this?

a)

proscenium

b)

thrust

c)

arena

d)

a pretty one

24.

Anansi is the god of what?

a)

water

b)

love

c)

stories

d)

lightning

25.

An artist needs a trowel and plaster mixing tray to make what?

a)

a charcoal drawing

b)

a fresco

c)

a clay pot

d)

a mobile

26.

Who is Elon Musk?

Pick two answers

a)

a guy who made great men's cologne

b)

creater of Tesla

c)

creator of Honda

d)

creater of SpaceX

27.

What is bitcoin?

a)

digital money (currency)

b)

a treat you get with your McDonald's happy meal

c)

a coin a baby chews on

d)

I have no idea

28.

What is cryptptocurrency?

a)

currency for the dead

b)

a digital or virtual currency

c)

cash money

d)

fake news

29.

the character or quality of a musical sound

a)

timbre

b)

soft palate

c)

larynx

d)

vocal folds