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WorksheetsArts and Humanities District Practice
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 35mins
What name is given to the "picture frame" stage seen here?
thrust
proscenium
arena
traverse
It can refer to the range of colors an artist uses. Which of the following choices also names the thin wooden board an artist uses for holding and mixing paint?
easel
armature
palette
tortillon
Which choice below names a subset of the dance element energy?
place
duration
size
force
Which one of the following choices names a musical texture?
polyphonic
major
diminuendo
accelerando
Claude Monet devoted his final thirty years to creating approximately 250 paintings of which flowers below, a staple of his garden at Giverny?
roses
irises
water lilies
sunflowers
From 1508 to 1512, Michelangelo painted the ceiling of which of the following buildings?
Florence Cathedral
Sistine Chapel
Pitti Palace
St. Mark's Cathedral
In the painting shown (originally rendered in color), which artist depicted the bedroom of his "Yellow House" in Arles?
Vincent van Gogh
Paul Gauguin
Salvador Dali
Pablo Picasso
Rembrandt was one of the first artists to illustrate the blinding of which biblical man below, whose strength disappeared after Delilah cut his hair?
Abraham
Solomon
David
Samson
Which one of the following men exhibited Cubist tendencies in Still Life with Ginger Pot I, but moved toward De Stijl’s pure abstraction in Still Life with Ginger Pot II?
Paul Cezanne
Wassily Kandinsky
Henri Matisse
Piet Mondrian
Match each artist with his work: Edward Hopper — which work? Options: Early Sunday Morning; Ten Lizas; A Scout Is Helpful.
Early Sunday Morning
Ten Lizas
A Scout Is Helpful
Match each artist with his work: Norman Rockwell — which work? Options: Early Sunday Morning; Ten Lizas; A Scout Is Helpful.
Early Sunday Morning
Ten Lizas
A Scout Is Helpful
Match each artist with his work: Andy Warhol — which work? Options: Early Sunday Morning; Ten Lizas; A Scout Is Helpful.
Early Sunday Morning
Ten Lizas
A Scout Is Helpful
Grant Wood painted many locations from his home state, including Stone City and West Branch. Which of the following states was it?
Idaho
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
The Francisco de Goya painting shown shows French soldiers massacring Spanish peasants on what date?
May 2, 1808
May 3, 1808
July 14, 1789
October 31, 1517
Ancient Romans built three of the following structures. Which one was the work of ancient Greeks?
Circus Maximus
Pantheon
Colosseum
Parthenon
Which architect below designed New York City's Guggenheim Museum, which opened six months after his death in 1959?
Frank Gehry
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Frank Lloyd Wright
Louis Sullivan
Filippo Brunelleschi was the architect of which of the following structures?
Hospital of the Innocents
Villa Rotonda
Medici Chapel
Teatro Olimpico
Walter Gropius founded it in Weimar, Germany in 1919. Which choice below names the school of architecture and design that flourished until its closure by the Nazis in 1933?
Die Brücke
Bauhaus
Gestalt
Jugendstil
The same dancer traditionally performs the roles of Odette and Odile in which of the following ballets, composed by Pyotr Tchaikovsky?
The Nutcracker
The Sleeping Beauty
Romeo and Juliet
Swan Lake
Richard Wagner wrote an opera based on the doomed love of which pair below, who were originally the subjects of a medieval Celtic romance?
Pyramus and Thisbe
Tristan and Isolde
Dido and Aeneas
Echo and Narcissus
The Temple of Peace exploded during the premier of which Handel piece, which George II commissioned to celebrate the end of the War of the Austrian Succession?
Water Music
Messiah
Royal Fireworks Music
Rinaldo
Which work corresponds to Frédéric Chopin? Options: 1. "Sunshine" Etude, 2. La Mer, 3. Orlando Furioso
"Sunshine" Etude
La Mer
Orlando Furioso
Which work corresponds to Claude Debussy? Options: 1. "Sunshine" Etude, 2. La Mer, 3. Orlando Furioso
"Sunshine" Etude
La Mer
Orlando Furioso
Which work corresponds to Antonio Vivaldi? Options: 1. "Sunshine" Etude, 2. La Mer, 3. Orlando Furioso
"Sunshine" Etude
La Mer
Orlando Furioso
Incidents in the life of Mahatma Gandhi inspired his opera Satyagraha. Which of the following minimalist composers also included Akhnaten and Einstein on the Beach in his Portrait Trilogy?
Philip Glass
Terry Riley
John Adams
John Cage
Which one of the songs below did Irving Berlin write?
"Moon River"
"You're a Grand Old Flag"
"Give My Regards to Broadway"
"White Christmas"
Among the dozens of films he has scored are Jurassic Park, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and Home Alone. Which of the following composers is known for his frequent collaborations with director Steven Spielberg?
Hans Zimmer
James Horner
Danny Elfman
John Williams
Which man below was a composer who created a series of hit musicals with Lorenz Hart and, later, Oscar Hammerstein II?
Jerome Kern
Richard Rodgers
Alan Jay Lerner
Frederick Loewe
Which of the following string instruments is played with a metallic pick known as a mizraab?
sitar
lyre
lute
ukulele
Three of the instruments below are members of the brass family. Which one is a woodwind?
flugelhorn
euphonium
fife
sousaphone
They are associated often with Spanish dancers. What percussion instruments are shown in the image of hands holding small paired wooden instruments?
chimes
claves
cymbals
castanets
Below are four folk instruments often heard in bluegrass music. Which one is identical in appearance and sound to the violin?
fiddle
mandolin
dulcimer
banjo
Schubert, Schumann, and Rimsky-Korsakov all worked during this era. Which of the following eras, which spanned most of the 19th century, saw the rise of programmatic music that was free from limitations of form?
Renaissance
Romantic
Classical
Baroque
Match each composition with its type: St. Matthew Passion by J.S. Bach. Which type best applies?
symphony
opera
oratorio
Match each composition with its type: "The Clock" by Franz Joseph Haydn. Which type best applies?
symphony
opera
oratorio
Match each composition with its type: Aida by Giuseppe Verdi. Which type best applies?
symphony
opera
oratorio
Three of the following styles originated in Latin America or the Caribbean. Which one, popular in Louisiana and Texas, is a fusion of Cajun music and the blues?
merengue
mambo
zydeco
rumba
Which one of the musicals below earned Bob Fosse his first Best Choreography Tony?
Gypsy
The Pajama Game
Fiddler on the Roof
Oklahoma!
Which of the following choices is NOT a traditional ballet move?
pirouette
arabesque
jeté
allemande
Which woman below choreographed Radha and O-mika before co-founding a dance school with her husband Ted Shawn?
Ruth St. Denis
Martha Graham
Agnes de Mille
Isadora Duncan
Dame Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev performed in Giselle, Les Sylphides, Swan Lake, and Marguerite and Armand for which of the following companies?
American Dance Theater
Royal Ballet
New York City Ballet
American Ballet Theatre
Which choice below names the loyal bird who loves Horton the elephant in Seussical the Musical?
Deloris
Cosette
Gertrude
Liesl
Which of the following songs is part of both the stage and film versions of West Side Story?
"Popular"
"Masquerade"
"On My Own"
"I Feel Pretty"
The songs of 1970s Swedish supergroup ABBA form the basis of which show below, a jukebox musical with numbers like "Waterloo" and "Dancing Queen"?
Mamma Mia!
Mean Girls
We Will Rock You
The School of Rock
George Bernard Shaw’s comedy Pygmalion inspired which one of the following musicals?
Brigadoon
My Fair Lady
Kiss Me, Kate
The King and I
Match each Hindu deity with his description: Brahma. Which description is correct?
destroyer
preserver
creator
Match each Hindu deity with his description: Vishnu. Which description is correct?
destroyer
preserver
creator
Match each Hindu deity with his description: Shiva. Which description is correct?
destroyer
preserver
creator
Three of the choices below name Jewish holidays. Which one is a month in the Islamic calendar during which able-bodied Muslims fast during daylight hours?
Ramadan
Rosh Hashanah
Yom Kippur
Hanukkah
As the British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II is the "supreme governor" of which of the following Christian denominations?
Baptist
Methodist
Presbyterian
Anglican
Siddhartha Gautama founded which religion below in the late 6th century B.C.?
Jainism
Sikhism
Buddhism
Shinto
Below are four Roman goddesses. Which one personified spring and presided over blossoming plants?
Flora
Fortuna
Fides
Fauna
The Greek deities swore by its waters as their most binding oath. Which of the following choices names the river Charon ferried souls across in order to reach the Underworld?
Styx
Asgard
Elysium
Valhalla
The sculpture shown depicts what mythological race of one-eyed giants?
Chimera
Pegasus
Cerberus
Cyclops
Below are four sportswear brands. Which one takes its name from the Greek goddess of victory?
Adidas
Reebok
Nike
Fila
"My Future" and "Therefore I Am" are 2020 singles from which of the following pop singers, who is also known for her baggy clothing and various hair colors?
Ariana Grande
Demi Lovato
Billie Eilish
Selena Gomez
Which one of the following women is NOT a member of "The Squad," a group of congresswomen elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018?
Ilhan Omar
Nancy Pelosi
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Rashida Tlaib
Match each quarterback with his 2020 NFL team. x. Cam Newton; y. Tom Brady; z. Patrick Mahomes; 1. Kansas City Chiefs; 2. New England Patriots; 3. Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Choose the correct mapping.
x-2, y-1, z-3
x-1, y-3, z-2
x-2, y-3, z-1
x-3, y-2, z-1
Which one of the following choices names the last movement of Beethoven's Ninth, or "Choral," Symphony?
"Hallelujah Chorus"
"Requiem"
"A Little Night Music"
"Ode to Joy"
Which of Diego Velázquez's paintings includes a princess who would grow up to be the Holy Roman Empress and Queen consort of Hungary and Bohemia?
Las Meninas
The Triumph of Bacchus
The Surrender of Breda
The Lady with a Fan
Which of the following mythological men was a skilled musician who unsuccessfully attempted to rescue his wife Eurydice from the Underworld?
Midas
Jason
Bellerophon
Orpheus
Below are four novelty dances. Which one originated in 1970s New York, where its line, partner, and solo versions were performed to disco music?
The Hustle
The Floss
The Dougie
The Robot
Parsisism is an alternate name for which of the following philosophies, whose origins were in mid-5th century B.C. Persia?
Confucianism
Daoism
Zoroastrianism
Wicca
Below are four Impressionist artworks. Which one did Mary Cassatt create?
Luncheon of the Boating Party
Dancers at the Barre
The Fifer
Girl Arranging Her Hair
"You Can't Get a Man with a Gun" and "Anything You Can Do" are songs from a musical about which of the following women, who made her name as a sharpshooter in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show?
Lillian Smith
Annie Oakley
Calamity Jane
Belle Starr
Which choice below names a central open room or courtyard in an ancient Roman house and, later, in some Christian churches?
atrium
buttress
campanile
cantilever
"Pomp and Circumstance" is an example of what musical form, other notable examples of which are named for the American flag and the Washington Post newspaper?
serenade
lied
march
chanson
Match each actress with her Disney+ role using the table: x. Hilary Duff — 1. Stargirl; y. Grace VanderWaal — 2. Lizzie McGuire; z. Liu Yifei — 3. Mulan. Which role correctly matches Hilary Duff?
Stargirl
Lizzie McGuire
Mulan
Match each actress with her Disney+ role using the table: x. Hilary Duff — 1. Stargirl; y. Grace VanderWaal — 2. Lizzie McGuire; z. Liu Yifei — 3. Mulan. Which role correctly matches Grace VanderWaal?
Stargirl
Lizzie McGuire
Mulan
Match each actress with her Disney+ role using the table: x. Hilary Duff — 1. Stargirl; y. Grace VanderWaal — 2. Lizzie McGuire; z. Liu Yifei — 3. Mulan. Which role correctly matches Liu Yifei?
Stargirl
Lizzie McGuire
Mulan
