Where did Beethoven generally play his Piano Sonata, Op. 13, the Pathétique?
a. in the parlors of middle-class homes for a select group of his friends
b. on the concert stage of large auditoriums
c. he didn’t play the composition with any frequency
d. in the homes and palaces of the Viennese aristocracy
e. in the parlors of families with young women whom he wanted to woo
D
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a. who can pray the loudest b. whose god will create a fire under the animal sacrifice c. who can convert the most followers d. who can recite the most Psalms from memory e. whose god will bring rain
What would an eighteenth-century deist most likely have done?
a. constructed a country home in the Palladian style b. practiced spiritual exercises to achieve religious insight c. questioned the right of humans to overthrow governments d. doubted the revelations of the Christian Bible
This selection is a somewhat stylized version of a?
a) group dance b) nocturne c) polonaise d) waltz
All of the following statements are true of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, EXCEPT which one?
A. Dante wrote the Divine Comedy in his native vernacular Italian language, rejecting the Latin of clerics and scholars of the time B. The Divine Comedy describes the spiritual pilgrimage of the Christian soul form sin (Hell), through purification (Purgatory), and ultimately to salvation (Paradise) C. In the Inferno portion of the Divine Comedy, Dante writes about sinners being punished by their sins, such as gluttons wallowing in their own excrement D. The main character of the Divine Comedy is Beatrice, a Florentine woman who is guided through the underworld by Greek poet Homer