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1
Until fairly recently most Americans felt that opera was an elitist form of entertainment.
A)True
B)False
2
In a "da capo" aria the singer is often free to ornament their vocal line when it is repeated.
A)True
B)False
3
Mary Tyler Moore was a successful composer of operas on Indian themes.
A)True
B)False
4
Virgil Thomson's Four Saints in Three Acts was composed for an all-black cast.
A)True
B)False
5
Porgy and Bess is based on the lives of real people.
A)True
B)False
6
DuBose Heyward played the character Porgy in the first production of Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess.
A)True
B)False
7
Menotti's "Amahl and the Night Visitors" has been performed every Christmastime since its first production, for television, in 1951.
A)True
B)False
8
"Einstein on the Beach" is a five-hour long opera with no plot.
A)True
B)False
9
Opinions as to whether some sung dramas are operas or musicals still vary.
A)True
B)False
10
More recent operas are based on popular movies and television shows.
A)True
B)False





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