As an ensemble, a string quartet

a. follows the expressive gestures of a conductor.
b. uses strictly acoustic instruments.
c. is akin to a rock band, in that it is often formed by the musicians themselves.
d. all of the above.


C

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a. Akhenaton's richly painted sarcophagus b. a Mycenaean gold funerary mask c. King Tut's gold throne d. a gold statue of Khafre e. King Tut's solid gold coffin

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a. as much as four-fifths of its population succumb to the Black Death. b. the military destruction of as much as four-fifths of the cathedral’s dome. c. as much as fourth-fifths of the Ghibelline population die at Guelph hands. d. the military destruction of as much as four-fifths of the baptistery.

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