What is a "masque"?

a. A multi-movement hymn of praise to a person or ideal usually lasting abouttwenty minutes and containing an instrumental introduction, choruses, andarias, but no recitative because there is no story

b. Late seventeenth-century opera that was a fusion of classical English dramawith traditional ballet.
c. A spoken play in which the more exotic, amorous, or even supernaturalmoments in the story were sung or danced. d. An elaborate courtly entertainment using music, dance, and drama to portrayan allegorical story that shed a favorable light on the royal family.


d

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The first Fauve exhibit was held in

a. 1905. b. 1906. c. 1900. d. 1910.

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In the ____, a band of Calvinists destroyed art works in Catholic churches in the Netherlands

a. Thirty Years' War b. Great Iconoclasm c. Saint Anthony's Fire d. Counter-Reformation

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A low platform on wheels upon which set pieces and even actors are brought onstage is called a

A. trapdoor. B. treadmill. C. wagon. D. turntable.

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Greek drama and theatre began in ritual

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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