Who was the favorite painter of French Queen Marie Antoinette?
a. Marie-Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun
b. Thomas Gainsborough
c. Angelica Kauffmann
d. Adélaïde Labille-Guiard
Answer: a
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Which of the following supports Eadwine's claim to self-importance?
a. He likened his image to the abbot of a monastery b. He likened his image to an evangelist writing his Gospel. c. He likened his image to the master builder. d. He likened his image to Bernard of Clairvaux.
Like medieval Christians, who mostly rejected pre-Christian civilization and scholarship, Muslims disavowed the achievements of their predecessors.
a. true b. false
Match the term to its definition.
1. intervals of the same or similar quality moving in the same direction 2. chords built in fourths 3. use of two sets of simultaneous triads which do not imply any specific key 4. frequent shift of meter 5. another term for 12-tone technique 6. use of pitch resources of a major scale without using tonal harmony 7. intervals of less than a half step 8. radically different composition, meant to lead the way for 9. multiple meters used simultaneously 10. chords built in intervals of seconds 11. use of widely spaced musical pitches, which change register frequently 12. music in which an element of chance is used 13. two tonal centers used simultaneously 14. lack of a tonal center 15. music that uses means other than a staff to convey the composer’s intentions serialism avant-garde atonality polymeter quartal harmony clusters pointillism microtones aleatoric music changing meters bichordality pandiatonicism planing picture score bitonality
Molière's plays were
A. verse tragedies based on Spanish legends and Roman themes. B. psychological dramas that depicted the struggle between the will and the emotions. C. satiric comedies that exposed the follies of French society. D. romantic dramas devoted to exploring the varied forms of love.