Duccio's painted __________ for the Siena Cathedral is known as the Maestà (Fig. 18-10)

A transcription of music is

a. the writing down of words sung by a musician b. the recording of a song a musician plays c. the transition from the A part to the B part in a song d. the musically notated version of what a musician has played

If you filtered some sound to get rid of a low-frequency hum, you would be:

a. spotting the soun d. b. sweetening the soun d. c. positioning the soun d. d. mixing the soun d.

Salt was considered so valuable in the past that it was a source of wealth. What role could an elaborate Afro-Portuguese saltcellar have for the European nobility?

A. Status symbol B. Ritual object C. Item of trade D. Medicinal storage

The Buddha was able to escape what Hindus believed was the endless cycle of life, death, and rebirth and attain ______________, a state of endless bliss

a. mihrab b. nirvana c. karma d. all of the above e. none of the above