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WorksheetsArts & Humanities 2024 – High School – District
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 30mins
Which choice below names the painting technique that requires opaque watercolors prepared with gum?
aquatint
intaglio
sfumato
gouache
What kind of artwork is pictured here?
petroglyph
silhouette
batik
mosaic
Which choice below is an element, rather than a principle, of art?
texture
rhythm
pattern
unity
Anthony van Dyck was court painter to which of the following monarchs, whom he painted “at the Hunt” and “in Three Positions”?
Ferdinand VII
Philip IV
Charles I
Henry VII
With which one of the paintings below did Eugène Delacroix commemorate the July Revolution of 1830?
A. A Modern Olympia
B. Liberty Leading the People
C. The Consummation of Empire
D. The Death of Marat
The Red Studio and The Green Stripe were two works by what Fauvist?
Henri Matisse
Paul Gauguin
Alfred Sisley
Camille Pissarro
Thomas Cole was a leading artist in which style below, which used American landscapes to create a national style?
Art Nouveau
Art Deco
Hudson River School
Ashcan School
Which one of the following is NOT a Pop Art work?
A. A Bigger Splash by David Hockney
B. Man with a Guitar by Georges Braque
C. Whaam! by Roy Lichtenstein
D. Brillo Boxes by Andy Warhol
Which landmark below is an example of post-and-lintel architecture?
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Eiffel Tower
Great Pyramid of Giza
Stonehenge
Match each architectural masterpiece with its present-day country.
x. Angkor Wat 1. China
y. Amber Fort 2. India
z. Forbidden City 3. Cambodia
x-3, y-2, z-1
x-1, y-3, z-2
x-2, y-1, z-3
x-1, y-2, z-3
Its Caryatid Porch is also called the Porch of the Maidens. Which one of the structures below stands on the Athenian Acropolis?
Pont du Gard
Pantheon
Colosseum
Erechtheion
I. M. Pei designed a glass and metal structure in the primary Louvre courtyard. That structure is which of the following three-dimensional forms?
cube
pyramid
sphere
cylinder
Philip Johnson and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe collaborated on which one of the designs below?
Villa Savoye
Wainwright Building
Seagram Building
Turning Torso
The Teatro Olimpico and Villa Rotonda were two of which architect’s most celebrated designs?
Andrea Palladio
Donato Bramante
Filippo Brunelleschi
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
It can be rhythmic, melodic, or harmonic. Which of the following words refers to a short musical idea that is repeated throughout a composition?
motet
toccata
scherzo
motif
Which choice below is NOT a type of musical texture?
polyphony
monophony
cacophony
homophony
Which instrument below is part of the percussion family?
timpani
alphorn
dulcimer
fife
At its premiere, musicians snuffed out their candles and left the stage one by one. What did Haydn nickname his Forty-Fifth Symphony?
Philosopher
Surprise
Farewell
Night
Which composer below based one of the first English-language operas on a Roman epic poem?
George Frideric Handel
Henry Purcell
Ralph Vaughan Williams
William Byrd
Match each composer with his work.
x. Sergei Rachmaninoff 1. Clair de Lune
y. Claude Debussy 2. Resurrection Symphony
z. Gustav Mahler 3. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
x-3, y-2, z-1
x-2, y-3, z-1
x-2, y-1, z-3
x-3, y-1, z-2
The performers seen here are playing music in what genre that combines Cajun and Creole influences?
zydeco
bebop
reggaeton
rockabilly
The Romantic Era in music, which favored emotional expression and nationalism, spanned most of which century?
17th century
18th century
19th century
20th century
Which work below is NOT a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta?
The Pirates of Penzance
The Mikado
The Merry Widow
HMS Pinafore
Doctor Bartolo, Count Almaviva, and Susanna are characters in which of the following Mozart operas, which he based on a comedy by Pierre de Beaumarchais?
The Marriage of Figaro
Don Giovanni
The Magic Flute
Così fan tutte
It features music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire. Which work below earned the 2023 Best Musical Tony?
The Prom
Kimberly Akimbo
Jagged Little Pill
American Idiot
Which of the following choices is part of the dance element space?
force
duration
beat
level
Below are four basic tap steps. Which one makes two sounds?
stamp
brush
stomp
shuffle
Below are four musical choreographers. Which one earned eight Best Choreography Tony Awards, in part for works like Damn Yankees, Sweet Charity, and Pippin?
Bob Fosse
Tommy Tune
Jerome Robbins
Gene Kelly
After performing with the New York City Ballet, Arthur Mitchell co-founded which of the following dance companies?
American Ballet Theatre
Dance Theatre of Harlem
Ballets Russes
American Dance Theater
Match each choreographer with her work.
x. Twyla Tharp 1. Deuce Coupe
y. Agnes de Mille 2. Rodeo
z. Pearl Primus 3. African Ceremonial
x-1, y-3, z-2
x-2, y-3, z-1
x-1, y-2, z-3
x-2, y-1, z-3
Baruch Spinoza’s masterpiece focuses on which philosophical branch?
logic
ethics
metaphysics
aesthetics
Below are four philosopher-theologians. Which one wrote the treatise Summa Contra Gentiles?
Thomas More
Augustine of Hippo
John Duns Scouts
Thomas Aquinas
Which one of the following Chinese philosophers advocated wu wei in the Tao Te Ching?
Lao Tzu
Confucius
Chuang Tzu
Mencius
Shahada, salat, and sharia are concepts associated with which world religion?
Buddhism
Islam
Christianity
Judaism
Sikhism, Jainism, and Hinduism all celebrate which one of the following holidays, whose nickname is “festival of lights”?
Vesak
Sukkot
Eid
Diwali
On October 31, 1517, which of the following men nailed his 95 Theses to a Wittenberg church door?
Huldrych Zwingli
Martin Luther
Jan Hus
Desiderius Erasmus
Virgins kept her sacred fire burning on an altar in her temple. Romans gave which goddess below power over the hearth and home?
A. Diana
B. Trivia
C. Vesta
D. Proserpina
He died shortly after losing a competition for Achilles’ armor. The Iliad called which one of the following men the second-strongest and second-bravest Greek soldier?
Odysseus
Ajax
Paris
Hector
Some sources say he personified fire. Which of the Norse gods below was a shapeshifting trickster?
Loki
Thor
Balder
Odin
Match each play with its dramatist.
x. Arcadia 1. Neil Simon
y. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 2. Tom Stoppard
z. Barefoot in the Park 3. Tennessee Williams
x-3, y-1, z-2
x-3, y-2, z-1
x-1, y-2, z-3
X-2, y-3, z-1
Alternate titles for his Lavender Mist and Autumn Rhythm were Number 1 and Number 30, respectively. Which artist below pioneered Abstract Expressionism’s drip technique?
Jasper Johns
Willem de Kooning
Jackson Pollock
Mark Rothko
Which one of the following big band songs was the standard of Duke Ellington’s jazz orchestra?
In the Mood
Moonlight Serenade
Tuxedo Junction
Take the ‘A’ Train
In theater, a cyclorama, travelers, and tabs are all types of what?
flats
curtains
lights
microphones
A sloping stage that is raised at the upstage end has which of the following names?
raked
propped
catwalked
aproned
Which of the following choices does NOT name one of King Lear’s daughters in the Shakespearean tragedy of the same name?
Goneril
Regan
Cressida
Cordelia
Anton Chekhov wrote which play below?
Ah, Wilderness!
Pygmalion
The Misanthrope
The Seagull
Which one of the following ancient Greek playwrights wrote a tragedy in which the blind title character is banished from Thebes and ends up in Colonus?
Aristophanes
Sophocles
Aeschylus
Euripides
He has received more Best Original Screenplay Oscar nominations than anyone else. Which man below earned a Best Director Oscar for Annie Hall, in which he also co-starred?
Steven Spielberg
Stanley Kubrick
Woody Allen
James Cameron
Seen here is a still from what Best Picture Oscar winner, which also earned Best Director Oscars for The Daniels?
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Moonlight
Parasite
Green Book
Match each actor-director with his film.
x. Kevin Costner 1. Braveheart
y. Mel Gibson 2. Dances with Wolves
z. Clint Eastwood 3. Million Dollar Baby
x-2, y-1, z-3
x-2, y-3, z-1
x-1, y-3, z-2
x-1, y-2, z-3
Which of the following words follows C-, J-, and K- when describing music genres originating in China, Japan, and Korea, respectively?
rap
soul
punk
pop
What ballet movement is pictured here?
relevé
plié
attitude
jeté
He was an acclaimed Russian performer and theater director. Which man below explained his method of realistic acting in books like An Actor Prepares?
Lee Strasberg
Michael Chekhov
Sanford Meisner
Konstantin Stanislavski
Speed and dynamism were two of its favorite subjects. Umberto Boccioni borrowed Cubist techniques to lead which of the following movements?
Futurism
Expressionism
Minimalism
Primitivism
He contrasted the logical and intuitive mind in Pensées. Which thinker below also formulated a law of pressure in fluid mechanics?
Albert Camus
Blaise Pascal
Voltaire
Auguste Comte
Giovanni da Palestrina composed during which of the following eras?
Romantic
Renaissance
Classical
Baroque
Seen here is a statue of what jackal-headed Egyptian god?
Set
Horus
Osiris
Anubis
To date, it is the longest film to win an Oscar. Which documentary below aired as a five-part miniseries for ESPN’s Thirty for Thirty series?
Summer of Soul
Free Solo
O. J.: Made in America
American Factory
Which one of the Frank Lloyd Wright buildings below was found outside the U.S.?
Imperial Hotel
Taliesin
Robie House
Fallingwater
Match each artist with her work.
x. Georgia O'Keeffe 1. Deer's Skull with Pedernal
y. Frida Kahlo 2. Little Girl in a Blue Armchair
z. Mary Cassatt 3. Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird
x-1, y-2, z-3
x-2, y-3, z-1
x-3, y-1, z-2
x-1, y-3, z-2
