The aria "News" from Nixon in China is an updated version of the strophic variation aria, a form used by Monteverdi in his opera Orfeo

Indicate whether the statement is true or false


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One of August Wilson's major goals was to write a play:

a. that showed how African Americans have been exploited. b. for each decade of the twentieth century, concentrating on African American identity and quests for fulfillment and dignity. c. that would win the Pulitzer Prize. d. that had live music on stage

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What did the Northwest Coastal people believe that the thunderbird represented?

A. A spirit B. A shaman C. The chief D. The head priest

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The visual arts of the early Renaissance followed the classical ideals of

A. balance and harmony. B. grandiosity and flamboyance. C. abstraction and subjectivity. D. sentimentality and prettiness.

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After the Persians destroyed the Akropolis in 480 BCE, some Athenians argued for leaving it in ruins because

a. Athena had allowed the destruction to happen and should no longer be honored. b. it would serve as a fitting reminder of the horrors of war. c. there were too few stonemasons and sculptors available to reconstruct it. d. they assumed its destruction was divine punishment for excessive pride in the magnificent complex.

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