Describe the meter of “Postal Workers Cancelling Stamps.” Which beats does the melody accentuate and which beats give the music a “sense of lift?”

What will be an ideal response?


• Four quarter-note beats
• The melody accentuates beats 1 and 3. "Beats 2 and 4 play off beats 1 and 3, giving the music a sense of lift."

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The painted simulation of groups of easel paintings arranged on a ceiling is called what?

A. Di sotto in sù B. Tenebrism C. Quadro riportato D. Trompe l'oeil

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This variation makes much use of

a. trills b. movement by half steps (chromatic scale) c. rapidly played scales d. repeated notes

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According to James 1:13, "Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by _________."

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Consider the painting The Pursuit from The Progress of Love, by Jean-Honoré Fragonard. In what style is this work? Why did the patron reject the series? 

What will be an ideal response?

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