What is Handel's most successful oratorio?

A. Messiah
B. Saul
C. The Beggar's Opera
D. Israel in Egypt


Answer: A

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Watteau's Gersaint's Signboard (22.4), while created to advertise the wares of the shop, _________________

a. does not, in fact, depict Gersaint's gallery b. shows only a small area of the gallery c. shows the gallery after it was closed d. shows the gallery on the day it opened

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A _____ is a musical work where the main melody (the subject) is developed polyphonically. After the initial melody is heard, that same melody enters a few seconds later but at a different note-level. This process continues until all layers of melodies have entered and a complicated web of sound has been created.

A. Suite B. Fugue C. Symphony D. Sonata E. Madrigal

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Although caryatids appear in the place of columns at the Treasury of the Siphnians in Delphi (Fig. 5-7), the structure's continuous frieze indicates use of the ________order

A. Doric B. Ionic C. Corinthian D. none of the above

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Many late nineteenth century European artists were strongly influenced by Japanese prints and paintings

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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