In Dante’s Divine Comedy, the Inferno consists of
a) nine descending rings of sinners undergoing punishment.
b) a Dark Wood of Error.
c) a place of sorrow without torment.
d) a place from which no visitor can return.
Answer: a
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A) Le nozze di Figaro B) Die Zauberflöte C) Idomeneo D) Cleofide
What term was applied to Surrealist and other avant-garde art by Hitler and the Nazi regime in 1930s and 1940s Germany?
A. Inferior B. Anti-Aryan C. Askew D. Degenerate
What characterizes early Greek music?
A) ?It was instrumental, performed only for kings and nobility. B) ?It was choral, performed by large groups at private concerts. C) ?It was polyphonic, with several interweaving melodies. D) ?It was monophonic, made up of single melodies.
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a. perform his music throughout Germany to attract tourists to Leipzig. b. compose, rehearse, and direct a new church cantata for every Sunday and feast day of the year. c. design a new type of organ for the services. d. translate the Latin Mass into German for the Lutheran congregation.