A(n) __________ places all the separate stories within a larger framework, as in The Arabian Nights

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The most widely known of the early French sound directors was:

A. Jean Grémillon. B. Maurice Chevalier. C. René Clair. D. Jean Renoir.

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List and explain the six social functions of art—or the purposes for which humans create art. Give an example of a work that illustrates each of the functions and explain why you selected this work to exemplify this function

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The opening of the excerpt "Soul, Penitent" from Hildegard's Play of Virtues is in which mode?

a) Dorian, beginning and cadencing on the note D
b) Mixolydian, beginning and cadencing on the note E
c) Phrygian, beginning and cadencing on the note F
d) Lydian, beginning and cadencing on the note G

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The fact that Romanesque churches’ portals resemble triumphal arches is significant because it

a) reflects a great technological advance. b) stresses continuity with the Church’s Greco-Roman past. c) hints at the wonders that lay within. d) announces the triumph of spiritual life over physical death.

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