What important change in lighting was introduced to theatres during the reign of melodrama in the 1820s?

a. lowering of the house lights
b. electricity
c. gaslight
d. footlights


c. gaslight

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a. rock b. rap c. country d. reggae

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Buried after an earthquake in 373 BCE, the Charioteer (Fig. 5-28) was spared the fate of most ancient _________sculptures, which were melted down so the material could be used for other purposes

A. silver B. copper C. bronze D. gold

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Argentine directors Fernando Solanas and Octavio Getino designed their film The Hour of the Furnaces to be:

A. exhibited in mainstream Argentine theaters. B. a scathing critique of the films of the Brazilian Cinema Nôvo movement. C. mistaken for a Hollywood-made Latin American musical of the 1940s. D. interrupted by discussions among the audience.

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Which term best identifies Italian music of the 14th century?

a) Trecento b) Ars antiqua c) Quattrocento d) Ars subtilior

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