Site MapHelpFeedbackMultiple Choice Quiz
Multiple Choice Quiz
(See related pages)

1
A drama that is sung instead of spoken is called a(n):
A)operetta
B)musical
C)musical comedy
D)opera
2
The exchange of dialogue in opera occurs in:
A)small bursts
B)recitatives
C)between scenes
D)all of the above
3
The operatic equivalent of a soliloquy is a(n):
A)aria
B)reflective solo
C)lament
D)da capo
4
An aria that keeps returning to its opening music is called:
A)rounded binary
B)ritornello
C)aria ritorno
D)da capo aria
5
The most well known opera by Scott Joplin is called:
A)Porgy and Bess
B)Samson and Delilah
C)Treemonisha
D)Joplin never wrote an opera
6
Four Saints in Three Acts had a libretto by:
A)Virgil Thomson
B)Nadia Boulanger
C)Georgia O'Keefe
D)Gertrude Stein
7
Rather than begin his opera with an overture, Gershwin uses a(n) _______________ to open Porgy and Bess.
A)Introduction
B)Aria
C)Aria da Capo
D)Recitative
8
An opera with modest resources is called a(n):
A)short opera
B)chamber opera
C)opera curio
D)opera
9
The first opera conceived especially for television was composed by:
A)Igor Stravinsky
B)Gian-Carlo Menotti
C)Samuel Barber
D)Leonard Bernstein
10
Operas that choose topics from recent history and everyday life are called:
A)verissmo opera
B)opera natura
C)performance art
D)"realist" opera
11
This composer set F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" as an opera:
A)John Adams
B)John Corigliano
C)Gian-Carlo Menotti
D)John Harbison
12
"Einstein on the Beach" by Phillip Glass has no:
A)plot
B)intermission
C)libretto
D)all of the above
13
Words projected above the stage at an opera are called:
A)visuals
B)surtitles
C)supertitles
D)libretto
14
A "libretto" is the _____________ of an opera.
A)plot
B)story line
C)text and/or lyrics
D)meaning
15
One composer who blurs the line between opera and Broadway musicals is:
A)Stephen Sondheim
B)Richard Rodgers
C)Philip Glass
D)Jonathan Larsen





To learn more about the book this website supports, please visit its Information Center.
(c)2006 McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Any use is subject to the Terms of Use and Privacy Notice.
McGraw-Hill Higher Education is one of the many fine businesses of The McGraw-Hill Companies.


America's Musical LandscapeOnline Learning Center

Home > Chapter 21 > Multiple Choice Quiz