Discuss the increasing importance of spectacle in many Broadway musicals, such as Wicked or The Phantom of the Opera. How does this affect theatre as a whole? For instance, discuss the expense of elaborate scenery and its effect on the types of plays done. Or discuss the new opportunities afforded playwrights by such technological wizardry.

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Which statement best describes the quality of line in this painting?

This painting consists of paint flung onto the canvas. There are whites, blacks, blues, greens, and peaches flung one on top of another. The splatters of paint crisscross one another, over and over again, filling the entire canvas, giving the painting a textured, energetic, haphazard feel to it.

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1. Which statement best describes the quality of line in this painting?

a. The lines of paint appear to be carefully controlled and calculated in their application.
b. The lines appear to be the product of energetic, free gestures.
c. The lines all share in the same direction.
d. The lines in the painting are all vertical and horizontal.

2. Which of the following best describes this painting?

a. A wide range of bright colors is employed in this painting.
b. The painting represents a sequential narrative story.
c. Forms in the painting are arranged according to a strict hierarchy.
 
d. No clear hierarchy of form or visual narrative is evident.

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The Coliseum was built almost entirely of...

A. Bronze B. Cement or concrete C. wood timbers D. none of the above

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Italian neo-expressionism is also referred to as:

a. ars nova b. sprezzatura c. stile dolce d. transavantguardia

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Which definition is most descriptive of jazz?

a. an expressive, soulful style of singing that emerged from the African-American spiritual and work song at the end of the nineteenth century b. an Afro-Cuban dance-song that came to prominence in the nineteenth century, marked by a repeating bass and a repeating, syncopated rhythm c. a lively, energetic music with pulsating rhythms and scintillating syncopations, usually played by a small instrumental ensemble d. a musical style that emerged in the 1890s and characterized by a steady bass and a syncopated, jazzy treble e. all of the above

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