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Arts & Humanities – Middle Grades – State Worksheet Questions

Total questions: 83

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

By definition, on how many sides of a thrust stage does the audience sit?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

2.

Which one of the following movements is non-locomotor?

a)

pull

b)

slide

c)

hop

d)

shuffle

3.

Conjunct and disjunct are adjectives for which element of music?

a)

pitch

b)

texture

c)

rhythm

d)

melody

4.

Which of the following art styles uses a mixture of hot wax and pigments that are burned into a surface?

a)

fresco

b)

encaustic

c)

drypoint

d)

lithography

5.

Which river did Vincent van Gogh feature in the painting seen here?

a)

Amstel

b)

Danube

c)

Rhone

d)

Seine

6.

Which one of the following Michelangelo artworks is in Florence?

a)

David

b)

The Creation of Adam

c)

The Last Judgement

d)

Pietà

7.

She was the little girl in Las Meninas. Which royal below did Diego Velázquez also paint “in a Blue Dress” and “in a Pink Gown”?

a)

Catherine the Great

b)

Margarita Teresa

c)

Isabella of Castile

d)

Marie Antoinette

8.

He possibly depicted Isaac and Rebecca in The Jewish Bride. Which of the following artists also painted Syndics of the Drapers’ Guild, also called The Sampling Officials?

a)

Albrecht Dürer

b)

Peter Paul Rubens

c)

Johannes Vermeer

d)

Rembrandt van Rijn

9.

Which choice below names one of Francisco de Goya’s “Black Paintings”?

a)

The Nude Maja

b)

The Family of Charles IV

c)

Hannibal the Conqueror

d)

Saturn Devouring His Son

10.

Match each artist with his work. Which work below is by Piet Mondrian? Choices: Pier and Ocean; Spring Turning; Diamond Dust Shoes.

a)

Pier and Ocean

b)

Spring Turning

c)

Diamond Dust Shoes

11.

Match each artist with his work. Which work below is by Grant Wood? Choices: Pier and Ocean; Spring Turning; Diamond Dust Shoes.

a)

Pier and Ocean

b)

Spring Turning

c)

Diamond Dust Shoes

12.

Match each artist with his work. Which work below is by Andy Warhol? Choices: Pier and Ocean; Spring Turning; Diamond Dust Shoes.

a)

Pier and Ocean

b)

Spring Turning

c)

Diamond Dust Shoes

13.

Which one of the following paintings did Norman Rockwell create in 1942 to inspire Boy Scouts to plant victory gardens and collect scrap metal?

a)

The American Way

b)

We, Too, Have a Job to Do

c)

The Golden Rule

d)

Growth of a Leader

14.

Mary Cassatt painted three of the works below. Which one did Grandma Moses paint?

a)

Girl Arranging Her Hair

b)

Child in a Straw Hat

c)

The Quilting Bee

d)

The Child’s Bath

15.

The capital at right belongs to which architectural mixed order?

a)

Tuscan

b)

Doric

c)

Composite

d)

Corinthian

16.

A rotunda is a room, hall, or building shaped like which of the following?

a)

circle

b)

square

c)

triangle

d)

pentagon

17.

With Marcel Breuer, Walter Gropius designed which one of the works below?

a)

Opus Hong Kong

b)

DZ Bank

c)

Johnson Wax Headquarters

d)

Aluminum City Terrace

18.

Which of the following architects worked on the Capitoline Square, Palazzo Farnese, and Palace of the Holy Office?

a)

Filippo Brunelleschi

b)

Andrea Palladio

c)

Michelangelo Buonarroti

d)

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

19.

Since 1985, it has been the European Union’s official anthem. Which Beethoven work below first appeared in his Choral Symphony?

a)

“The Ruins of Athens”

b)

“Ode to Joy”

c)

“The Creatures of Prometheus”

d)

“Für Elise”

20.

Which of the following operas was the first in Richard Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelungen tetralogy?

a)

Die Walküre

b)

Siegfried

c)

Götterdämmerung

d)

Das Rheingold

21.

Which one of the works below did George Frideric Handel compose?

a)

Zadok the Priest

b)

Bolero

c)

Dido and Aeneas

d)

Pelléas et Mélisande

22.

Match each character with the Mozart opera in which he or she appears. Which opera features Guglielmo? Choices: The Marriage of Figaro; Così fan tutte; The Magic Flute.

a)

The Marriage of Figaro

b)

Così fan tutte

c)

The Magic Flute

23.

Match each character with the Mozart opera in which he or she appears. Which opera features Sarastro? Choices: The Marriage of Figaro; Così fan tutte; The Magic Flute.

a)

The Marriage of Figaro

b)

Così fan tutte

c)

The Magic Flute

24.

Match each character with the Mozart opera in which he or she appears. Which opera features Susanna? Choices: The Marriage of Figaro; Così fan tutte; The Magic Flute.

a)

The Marriage of Figaro

b)

Così fan tutte

c)

The Magic Flute

25.

His son Arlo is also a singer-songwriter. Which of the following men traveled Great Depression-era America and wrote “Blowing Down This Old Dusty Road” and “This Land Is Your Land”?

a)

Woody Guthrie

b)

Harold Arlen

c)

Nat King Cole

d)

Burt Bacharach

26.

He wrote the lyrics to over 1,000 songs, including “Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered” and “Blue Moon.” Which man below collaborated with Richard Rodgers on the musicals The Boys from Syracuse and Pal Joey?

a)

Frederick Loewe

b)

Milton Babbitt

c)

Lorenz Hart

d)

Virgil Thomson

27.

The cornet, which Louis Armstrong played, was the CLOSEST relative of which brass instrument?

a)

trombone

b)

tuba

c)

French horn

d)

trumpet

28.

How many different instruments are used in a standard string quartet?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

2

29.

It can refer to a small German accordion. Which of the following choices can also name a 19th-century organ that resembled the harmonium?

a)

psaltery

b)

euphonium

c)

melodeon

d)

koto

30.

Which of the percussion instruments below consists of loops of steel ball chain wrapped around a wooden cylinder?

a)

güiro

b)

cabasa

c)

djembe

d)

castanet

31.

Examples include Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique. Which of the following choices, by definition, refers to music meant to tell a story?

a)

absolute music

b)

art music

c)

program music

d)

secular music

32.

Its name is Latin American Spanish for “party.” Cowbells, claves, and the cajón are instruments in what Cuban music genre with a characteristic 3+3+2 rhythm?

a)

rumba

b)

bossa nova

c)

samba

d)

fandango

33.

Match each ballet with its original choreographer. Which choreographer created Apollo? Choices: Michel Fokine; George Balanchine; Marius Petipa.

a)

Michel Fokine

b)

George Balanchine

c)

Marius Petipa

34.

Match each ballet with its original choreographer. Which choreographer created The Firebird? Choices: Michel Fokine; George Balanchine; Marius Petipa.

a)

Michel Fokine

b)

George Balanchine

c)

Marius Petipa

35.

Match each ballet with its original choreographer. Which choreographer created The Nutcracker? Choices: Michel Fokine; George Balanchine; Marius Petipa.

a)

Michel Fokine

b)

George Balanchine

c)

Marius Petipa

36.

Which of the following statements about the Baroque Era is FALSE?

a)

Its composers sometimes used basso continuo.

b)

Mendelssohn and Schumann lived and worked during it.

c)

It lasted approximately 1600 to 1750.

d)

The opera and concerto developed during it.

37.

The feet seen here are in which basic ballet position?

a)

first position

b)

second position

c)

fourth position

d)

fifth position

38.

She studied in Africa, South America, and the Caribbean. Which woman below was a dance anthropology pioneer and choreographer of Le Jazz Hot and Tropics?

a)

Alicia Markova

b)

Katherine Dunham

c)

Judith Jamison

d)

Pearl Primus

39.

Which one of the following dances is NOT percussive?

a)

tap

b)

Irish dance

c)

hula

d)

clogging

40.

Celebrants sometimes eat apples dipped in honey, pomegranates, and the head of a fish or ram. Some Jewish people throw breadcrumbs in a body of water to symbolically wash away their sins during which two-day holiday?

a)

Rosh Hashanah

b)

Sukkot

c)

Purim

d)

Yom Kippur

41.

The shrine pictured here is the Ka’bah. It stands near the center of the Great Mosque in which city?

a)

Jerusalem

b)

Medina

c)

Tel Aviv

d)

Mecca

42.

Persian king Darius I worshiped him. Which of the following choices is the “wise lord” of Zoroastrianism?

a)

Hanuman

b)

Ahura Mazda

c)

Ganesh

d)

Arjuna

43.

In Western Christianity, it ends the Twelve Days of Christmas. Which holy day below celebrates the Magi’s visit to the infant Jesus?

a)

Ash Wednesday

b)

Pentecost

c)

All Saints’ Day

d)

Epiphany

44.

Ancient Greeks sometimes depicted her with three back-to-back bodies. A pack of barking dogs accompanied which of the following goddesses, who presided over magic and spells?

a)

Nike

b)

Eos

c)

Hecate

d)

Tyche

45.

Match each goddess with the group to which she belongs. Which group does Alecto belong to?

a)

Muses

b)

Fates

c)

Furies

46.

Match each goddess with the group to which she belongs. Which group does Clotho belong to?

a)

Muses

b)

Fates

c)

Furies

47.

Match each goddess with the group to which she belongs. Which group does Erato belong to?

a)

Muses

b)

Fates

c)

Furies

48.

She had connections to Rhea, Cybele, and Consus. Which Roman goddess below married Saturn and bore Jupiter?

a)

Ops

b)

Bona Dea

c)

Ceres

d)

Bellona

49.

He was the brother of Menelaus and ruler of Mycenae. Which of the following men did his wife Clytemnestra and her boyfriend Aegisthus murder when he returned from the Trojan War?

a)

Oedipus

b)

Midas

c)

Hector

d)

Agamemnon

50.

NBC produced a live version in 2015. Which show below is a “Super Soul Musical” that traditionally features an all-Black cast?

a)

Guys and Dolls

b)

The Wiz

c)

Big River

d)

Anything Goes

51.

The jukebox musical We Will Rock You features songs like “We Are the Champions” and “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” which were originally released by which band?

a)

ABBA

b)

The Temptations

c)

Queen

d)

The Four Seasons

52.

Composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb collaborated on which one of the following musicals?

a)

Chicago

b)

Les Misérables

c)

Brigadoon

d)

Cats

53.

Which song below can be heard in The King and I?

a)

“You’ve Got a Friend”

b)

“Part of Your World”

c)

“What I Did for Love”

d)

“I Whistle a Happy Tune”

54.

Shohei Ohtani, José Ramirez, and Manny Machado are all professional athletes in what sport?

a)

baseball

b)

basketball

c)

football

d)

golf

55.

In 2023, she became only the second jazz singer to win the Best New Artist Grammy. Which choice below names this winner of the Best Jazz Vocal Album for Linger Awhile?

a)

Brandi Carlile

b)

Jazmine Sullivan

c)

Samara Joy

d)

Molly Tuttle

56.

She starred as Harley Diaz in Stuck in the Middle. Which of the following actresses most recently portrayed the title character in the Netflix series Wednesday?

a)

Sadie Sink

b)

Jenna Ortega

c)

Mia Goth

d)

Stephanie Hsu

57.

Match each actor with his movie. Which movie features Dwayne Johnson in the listed title role?

a)

The Adam Project

b)

Jurassic World Dominion

c)

Black Adam

58.

Match each actor with his movie. Which movie stars Ryan Reynolds?

a)

The Adam Project

b)

Jurassic World Dominion

c)

Black Adam

59.

Match each actor with his movie. Which movie features Chris Pratt?

a)

The Adam Project

b)

Jurassic World Dominion

c)

Black Adam

60.

He came to be identified with Bacchus. In Lavinium, an entire month was dedicated to which Roman god below, who was one of a pair of cultivation and fertility deities?

a)

Liber

b)

Sol

c)

Quirinus

d)

Janus

61.

His orchestra shared the role of Cotton Club house band with Duke Ellington’s orchestra. Which man below composed “Minnie the Moocher” and was nicknamed “The Hi-De-Ho Man”?

a)

Benny Goodman

b)

Artie Shaw

c)

Charlie Parker

d)

Cab Calloway

62.

Cajun music is MOST closely associated with which of the following states?

a)

Virginia

b)

Florida

c)

Louisiana

d)

New Mexico

63.

Theravada Buddhists celebrate the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and death during an annual holiday in April or May. Which choice below names that holiday?

a)

Vesak

b)

Kwanzaa

c)

Diwali

d)

Holi

64.

Which one of the works below did Raphael paint?

a)

Venus of Urbino

b)

The School of Athens

c)

The Persistence of Memory

d)

View of Toledo

65.

Which of the following choices is the word for the grooves in a column’s shaft?

a)

buttressing

b)

vaulting

c)

arcading

d)

fluting

66.

Which choice below names the protagonist of the musical Sister Act?

a)

Deloris Van Cartier

b)

Molly Aster

c)

Christine Daaé

d)

Jane Banks

67.

Who painted Second Story Sunlight, seen here?

a)

James Whistler

b)

Edward Hopper

c)

David Hockney

d)

Andrew Wyeth

68.

It possibly spread from Italy to Spain, France, and England. In Elizabethan times, which of the following dances preceded the galliard and was a way for couples to present themselves to the monarch?

a)

gigue

b)

allemande

c)

pavane

d)

bolero

69.

Match each composer with his work. Which work is by Frédéric Chopin?

a)

Fantaisie in F Minor

b)

Griselda

c)

Romeo and Juliet

70.

Match each composer with his work. Which work is by Pyotr Tchaikovsky?

a)

Fantaisie in F Minor

b)

Griselda

c)

Romeo and Juliet

71.

Match each composer with his work. Which work is by Antonio Vivaldi?

a)

Fantaisie in F Minor

b)

Griselda

c)

Romeo and Juliet

72.

His composition Different Trains earned a Grammy. Which of the following Minimalist composers won a Pulitzer Prize for Double Sextet?

a)

Philip Glass

b)

Terry Riley

c)

La Monte Young

d)

Steve Reich

73.

Which choice below is NOT part of Laban Movement Analysis?

a)

perspective

b)

shape

c)

effort

d)

body

74.

Which one of the following woodwinds has the LOWEST register?

a)

clarinet

b)

piccolo

c)

oboe

d)

contrabassoon

75.

It is a short, light piece usually written for the piano. Which label below did Beethoven give his Für Elise?

a)

requiem

b)

bagatelle

c)

motet

d)

fugue

76.

Her 2023 Grammy win for the Spoken Word Album Finding Me made her an EGOT. Which actress below starred in How to Get Away with Murder and Fences?

a)

Jennifer Hudson

b)

Viola Davis

c)

Lupita Nyong’o

d)

Halle Berry

77.

Cady Heron, Regina George, and Gretchen Wieners are all characters in which of the following musicals, whose songs include “Revenge Party” and “Apex Predator”?

a)

Sunset Boulevard

b)

Mamma Mia!

c)

Mean Girls

d)

School of Rock

78.

Zeus fathered children with each woman below. Which one, the mother of Dionysus, died after Zeus appeared to her in all his splendor?

a)

Maia

b)

Leto

c)

Semele

d)

Europa

79.

Mahavira likely founded which of the following religions, whose followers are vegetarian and believe in nonviolence, or ahimsa?

a)

Sikhism

b)

Confucianism

c)

Shinto

d)

Jainism

80.

Which of the following men combined painting, drama, and music with new choreography by founding the Ballets Russes?

a)

Sergei Diaghilev

b)

Alvin Ailey

c)

Vaslav Nijinsky

d)

Mikhail Baryshnikov

81.

Match each architect with his work. Which work is by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe?

a)

Louvre Pyramid

b)

Gateway Arch

c)

Farnsworth House

82.

Match each architect with his work. Which work is by I. M. Pei?

a)

Louvre Pyramid

b)

Gateway Arch

c)

Farnsworth House

83.

Match each architect with his work. Which work is by Eero Saarinen?

a)

Louvre Pyramid

b)

Gateway Arch

c)

Farnsworth House