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Arts and Humanities Written Assessment

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which element of music refers to how fast or slow the music is?

a)

style

b)

tempo

c)

dynamics

d)

form

2.

The ______ box is a kind of studio theatre where the audience and actors are in the same room surrounded by curtains.

a)

red

b)

white

c)

black

d)

green

3.

The part of the stage furthest from the audience is the ______.

a)

downstage

b)

stage right

c)

stage left

d)

upstage

4.

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 ______.

a)

comic relief

b)

chorus

c)

denouement

d)

dramatis personae

5.

______ is the Greek goddess of the hearth.

a)

Hygeia

b)

Faunus

c)

Hestia

d)

Persephone

6.

Shinto is the ancient religion of ______, established in the 5th century A.D., even before writing was introduced.

a)

China

b)

India

c)

Japan

d)

Israel

7.

______ 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.

a)

Rosh Hashanah

b)

Yom Kippur

c)

Sukkot

d)

Purim

8.

______, such as those by artist and political activist Diego Rivera, are a popular form of art in Mexico.

a)

Still lifes

b)

Murals

c)

Portraits

d)

Collages

9.

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

a)

Arbor Day.

b)

American Gothic.

c)

Dinner for the Threshers.

d)

The Haywain.

10.

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 ______.

a)

Africa

b)

Europe

c)

Australia

d)

South America

11.

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?

a)

rhythm

b)

harmony

c)

tempo

d)

texture

12.

Name the bandleader, arranger, and trombone player known for such songs as “Moonlight Serenade,” “Tuxedo Junction,” and “Chattanooga Choo-Choo.”

a)

Henry Mancini

b)

Victor Herbert

c)

Glenn Miller

d)

George M. Cohan

13.

Such works as Toy Symphony, Farewell Symphony, Razor Quarter, and Lord Nelson Mass were all the works of which composer?

a)

Franz Joseph Haydn

b)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

c)

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi

d)

Johann Sebastian Bach

14.

Which element of dance refers to how fast or slow the movement is?

a)

force

b)

space

c)

texture

d)

time

15.

_______ was the Roman god of fire and the forge.

a)
Vulcan
b)
Hephaestus
c)
Ops
d)
Uranus
16.

In which college sport is the Naismith Trophy annually awarded?

a)

baseball

b)

football

c)

basketball

d)

soccer

17.

Which German composer is known for such classics as The Harmonious Blacksmith, Water Music, and Fireworks Music?

a)

George Frideric Handel

b)

Felix Mendelssohn

c)

Frederic Chopin

d)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

18.

Identify one of the greatest of the universal men produced by the Renaissance known for his painting, The Last Supper.

a)

Raphael

b)

Leonardo da Vinci

c)

Michelangelo

d)

Rene Magritte

19.

Which vocal range refers to a male voice with middle range?

a)

bass

b)

tenor

c)

baritone

d)

contralto

20.

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?

a)

Pop Art

b)

Cubism

c)

Op Art

d)

Baroque

21.

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?

a)

Nile

b)

Ganges

c)

Yangtze

d)

Congo

22.

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?

a)

Europe

b)

North America

c)

Asia

d)

Africa

23.

Which ballet term refers to any dance step?

a)

fouette

b)

battement

c)

pas

d)

pointes

24.

A type of balance in which lines or shapes spread out from a center point is known as

a)

radial balance

b)

symmetrical balance

c)

asymmetrical balance

d)

line balance

25.

Which musical element refers to the way a note begins and ends?

a)

harmony

b)

melody

c)

timbre

d)

articulation