Worksheets2018 A&H District
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 18mins
In musical notation, a flat most closely resembles which of the following?
a hashtag
a lowercase B
a seven
a zero
In 4/4 time, how many beats will the note at right receive?
one
two
three
four
The terms “adagio,” “lento,” and “allegro” are all words associated with which musical element below?
tempo
rhythm
timbre
dynamics
Haydn and Mozart composed during which era below, which lasted from about 1750 to 1820, and produced restrained works with simple textures?
Baroque
Romantic
Renaissance
Classical
Witty lyrics, call and response, syncopation, and three-beat rhythms are all characteristics of which musical style below, which originated in Trinidad and Tobago?
dixieland
calypso
bebop
salsa
Once known as the sackbut, which of the following brass instruments changes pitch by lengthening or shortening a slide?
trumpet
trombone
tuba
French horn
The steel pan, marimba, and conga are all members of what instrument family?
brass
string
woodwind
percussion
The folk instrument at right is a special category of lute that often uses seven strings to create a melody and eleven sympathetic strings to harmonize. What is its name?
sitar
banjo
mandolin
lyre
Which one of the following operas did Ludwig van Beethoven write?
The Magic Flute
The Marriage of Figaro
Fidelio
Don Giovanni
Match each composer with his work.
X. Johann Sebastian Bach, Y. Franz Schubert, Z. Pyotr Tchaicokovsky
1. Brandenburg Concertos, 2. Erlking, 3. 1812 Overture
x-1, y-2, z-3
x-1, y-3, z-2
x-2, y-3, z-1
x-3, y-1, z-2
Which of the following works is a George Gershwin opera set in Charleston’s Catfish Row?
Billy the Kid
Rodeo
Appalachian Spring
Porgy and Bess
Which movement below is locomotor?
flexing
shaking
lifting
skipping
The couple at right is performing what dance, a swing dance that includes fast spins and is related to the Lindy hop?
conga
tarantella
jitterbug
Charleston
Which woman below spent part of her life as the Royal Ballet’s Prima Ballerina Assoluta, where she danced the roles of Giselle and Aurora?
Josephine Baker
Margot Fonteyn
Isadora Duncan
Ruth St. Denis
The King and I, On the Town, Peter Pan, and Fiddler on the Roof were all musicals choreographed by which of the following men?
Bob Fosse
Alvin Ailey
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Jerome Robbins
Which man below was not a dancer or choreographer, but forever changed the dance world by founding the Ballets Russes in 1909?
Sergei Diaghilev
Vaslav Nijinsky
Michel Fokine
Rudolf Nureyev
The performers at right are part of what theatrical production?
Blue Man Group
Pandemonium
Drumstruck
Stomp
Which of the following songs can be heard in Stephen Schwartz's musical Wicked?
The Music of the Night
The Wizard and I
They Live in You
Maybe
Because the artist painted with tempera on stone, it began to deteriorate almost immediately. Which Leonardo da Vinci work below is a mural painted on the wall of Milan’s Santa Maria delle Grazie?
Mona Lisa
Madonna of the Rocks
The Last Supper
Vitruvian Man
Match each 19th-century artist with his or her work.
X. Claude Monet, y. Georges Seurat, z. Mary Cassatt
1. A Sunday on LaGrande Jatte, 2. Impression, sunrise; 3. The Child's Bath
x-1, y-2, z-3
x-1, y-3, z-2
x-2, y-1, z-3
x-3, y-2, z-1
With Georges Braque, Picasso is credited with inventing which of the following artistic media, in which bits of fabric, paper, and other unconventional materials are pasted onto a canvas?
mosaic
fresco
mobile
collage
In the picture at right, an artisan is shaping a heated mass of what material?
glass
terra cotta
porcelain
stone
An artist painting a still life places a kiwi in the middle of a bowl of oranges. This decision MOST directly affects which of the following principles of art?
proportion
emphasis
harmony
movement
In which technique below does an artist use a pen or pencil to make outlines, then use a brush to spread diluted ink or watercolor over the work?
rubbing
lithography
wash
relief
It embraced the bizarre imagery of the unconscious mind. Salvador Dalí was a member of which of the following art movements with the dream-like work The Persistence of Memory?
Pop Art
Fauvism
Pointillism
Surrealism
Mercer County’s Pleasant Hill was once a village that housed members of which Christian denomination, whose men and women lived separately and made simple, sturdy furniture?
Amish
Quakers
Shakers
Puritans
Hopi and other Pueblo tribes have traditionally used kachinas to represent their spirit-beings. A kachina is which of the following objects?
doll
cloth
shoe
boat
In 2018, the four teams below played in the NFC or AFC Championship to reach the Super Bowl. Which one has Tom Brady as its quarterback and Bill Belichick as its coach?
New England Patriots
Minnesota Vikings
Philadelphia Eagles
Jacksonville Jaguars
He announced his engagement to Cherry Seaborn in January 2018. Which of the following pop stars has released the singles “Perfect” and “Photograph”?
Justin Bieber
Sam Smith
Ed Sheeran
Zayn Malik
Match each character with his or her movie franchise. Katniss Everdeen Luna Lovegood Aragorn 1. Harry Potter 2. The Hunger Games 3. The Lord of the Rings
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
Beethoven’s “Moonlight” one is perhaps the best-known example of which musical form below, a composition for one or two instruments that often requires a piano?
A. symphony
B. cantata
C. oratorio
D. sonata
Which of the following dance elements can be metered or free rhythm?
A. time
B. space
C. energy
D. action
In British theaters, the ground-floor seats closest to the stage are known as stalls. Which choice below gives their American name?
A. gallery
B. heavens
C. orchestra
D. balcony
Which of the following elements of art is real for sculptures, but simulated for drawings and paintings?
A. line
B. form
C. color
D. shape
Based on its name, the landmark at right, designed by Jørn Utzon in Sydney Harbor, was designed to primarily serve what purpose?
A. Opera House
B. Governmental Center
C. Concert Hall
D. Science Museum
A sailor who produces scrimshaw—engravings rubbed with lampblack to make them stand out—carves the designs into which of the following materials?
A. wax
B. bone
C. wood
D. rubber
