The murder scene in Verdi's Otello joins the arias of Desdemona and Otello by means of simple recitative
A) true
B) false
B
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a. ragtime and minstrelsy b. European music and brass band marches c. spirituals, work songs, hollers, and shouts d. American folk songs and hymns
Which of the following characteristics of Northern Renaissance art is embodied by the portrait-like faces and scrupulously described contemporary dress of the figures in Rogier van der Weyden's Deposition?
A. disguised symbolism B. calm Classicism C. detailed realism D. rational space
What do James Joyce's Ulysses and Marcel Proust's À la recherché du temps perdu ( In Search of Lost Time) have in common?
A. A subjective, stream-of-consciousness narrative B. A frank exploration of female sexuality C. A recasting of ancient mythology into conditions of twentieth-century life D. A rejection of modernist techniques
What theme is reflected by Marco Polo’s observations? “Those markets make a daily display of every kind of vegetable and fruit…Their fish is of sundry kinds, changing with the season…so great is the number of inhabitants who are accustomed to
delicate living.” a) the “City of Heaven” b) the “Way” c) the glory of Kublai Khan d) the endurance of the Orchid