WorksheetsArts and Humanities Written Assessment
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which element of music refers to how fast or slow the music is?
style
tempo
dynamics
form
The ______ box is a kind of studio theatre where the audience and actors are in the same room surrounded by curtains.
red
white
black
green
The part of the stage furthest from the audience is the ______.
downstage
stage right
stage left
upstage
A group of characters in Greek tragedy (and in later forms of drama) who comment on the action of a play without participation in it is known as the ______.
comic relief
chorus
denouement
dramatis personae
______ is the Greek goddess of the hearth.
Hygeia
Faunus
Hestia
Persephone
Shinto is the ancient religion of ______, established in the 5th century A.D., even before writing was introduced.
China
India
Japan
Israel
______ marks the start of the new year with solemn prayer and the blowing of the shofar, a ram’s horn; it is observed for one day by Reform Jews or for two days by Israeli, Orthodox, and Conservative Jews, starting the first day of the lunar month of Tishri. It actually occurs in either September or October.
Rosh Hashanah
Yom Kippur
Sukkot
Purim
______, such as those by artist and political activist Diego Rivera, are a popular form of art in Mexico.
Still lifes
Murals
Portraits
Collages
Born in a small Iowa town in 1891, Grant Wood is an American artist known for his simple scenes of the land and people. All of the following were painted by Wood EXCEPT
Arbor Day.
American Gothic.
Dinner for the Threshers.
The Haywain.
The didjeridu is an end-blown, straight, natural trumpet made from a termite hollowed eucalyptus branch stripped of its outer bark with beeswax at the mouth end. It was traditionally used in ______.
Africa
Europe
Australia
South America
It may be thick, thin, dense, or transparent. Harmony is one aspect of this element. Which element of music refers to the combination and layering of different sounds in music?
rhythm
harmony
tempo
texture
Name the bandleader, arranger, and trombone player known for such songs as “Moonlight Serenade,” “Tuxedo Junction,” and “Chattanooga Choo-Choo.”
Henry Mancini
Victor Herbert
Glenn Miller
George M. Cohan
Such works as Toy Symphony, Farewell Symphony, Razor Quarter, and Lord Nelson Mass were all the works of which composer?
Franz Joseph Haydn
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
Johann Sebastian Bach
Which element of dance refers to how fast or slow the movement is?
force
space
texture
time
_______ was the Roman god of fire and the forge.
In which college sport is the Naismith Trophy annually awarded?
baseball
football
basketball
soccer
Which German composer is known for such classics as The Harmonious Blacksmith, Water Music, and Fireworks Music?
George Frideric Handel
Felix Mendelssohn
Frederic Chopin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Identify one of the greatest of the universal men produced by the Renaissance known for his painting, The Last Supper.
Raphael
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Rene Magritte
Which vocal range refers to a male voice with middle range?
bass
tenor
baritone
contralto
Which major art movement portrayed geometric forms in nature as a departure from representational art during the years from 1907 – 1915 led by such artists as Picasso and Braque?
Pop Art
Cubism
Op Art
Baroque
The Great Sphinx, a 4,500-year-old statue that has the body of a lion and the head of a human, is a cultural landmark of a civilization that flourished in the valley of which river?
Nile
Ganges
Yangtze
Congo
Most of the folktales in the book The Thousand and One Nights, which includes the adventures of Aladdin and Sinbad, take place on which continent?
Europe
North America
Asia
Africa
Which ballet term refers to any dance step?
fouette
battement
pas
pointes
A type of balance in which lines or shapes spread out from a center point is known as
radial balance
symmetrical balance
asymmetrical balance
line balance
Which musical element refers to the way a note begins and ends?
harmony
melody
timbre
articulation
