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2014-15 Governor’s Cup Practice Questions
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1. Artists add gum or an opaque white pigment to watercolor to create what substance?
A. solvent
B. gouache
C. enamel
D. lacquer
2. The artist coats a metal plate with a waxy ground before scratching through the substance with a stylus. An acid bath chemically dissolves the exposed metal, and once the ground is removed, the plate is inked. What is this printmaking process?
A. aquatint
B. lithography
C. drypoint
D. etching
3. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Edward Hopper’s work?
A. isolated, lonely figures
B. commonplace urban scenes
C. abstract shapes
D. extensive use of light and shadow
4. Which sculptor commemorated Romanian soldiers’ sacrifices in World War I with “The Table of Silence” and “The Endless Column”?
A. Henry Moore
B. Auguste Rodin
C. Alberto Giacometti
D. Constantin Brancusi
5. Vincent Van Gogh painted two portraits of the physician who cared for him in his final weeks. What was the doctor’s name?
A. Paul Gachet
B. Samuel Gross
C. Nicolaes Tulp
D. Frans Banning Cocq
6. Jean-Honoré Fragonard painted The Swing, pictured at right. He was most closely associated with what artistic period?
A. Baroque
B. Realism
C. Rococo
D. Impressionism
7. Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot’s Young Girl Reading, Gustave Courbet’s The Stone-Breakers (seen at right), and Jean-Francois Millet’s The Gleaners are all examples of what artistic movement?
A. Hudson River School
B. Romanticism
C. Realism
D. Dada
8. Its representative works include Boccioni’s sculpture Unique Forms of Continuity in Space and Balla’s painting Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash. Which Italian-based artistic movement drew from cubism to celebrate the machine’s speed and energy?
A. Fauvism
B. Constructivism
C. Suprematism
D. Futurism
9. Which of the following architectural terms refers to a vaulted, semicircular or polygonal recess at the end of a church’s choir?
A. transept
B. apse
C. narthex
D. nave
10. Match each part of an entablature with its description.
x. frieze / 1. middle section with low relief sculpturey. cornice / 2. uppermost section with molding
z. architrave / 3. lowest section, resting on columns
A. x-1, y-2, z-3
B. x-1, y-3, z-2
C. x-2, y-1, z-3
D. x-3, y-2, z-1
11. The Islamic faithful are called to prayer five times a day by a muezzin, who chants from the top of what structure?
A. minaret
B. mihrab
C. kaaba
D. qibla
12. He designed the Turning Torso, Scandinavia’s tallest skyscraper. Which architect also designed Seville’s Alamillo Bridge and Bilbao’s Campo Volantin Footbridge?
A. Le Corbusier
B. Santiago Calatrava
C. Antoni Gaudí
D. Frank Gehry
13. Which architect partnered with Dankmar Adler on Chicago’s Auditorium Building, Buffalo’s Prudential Building, and St. Louis’s Wainwright Building?
A. Walter Gropius
B. Louis Sullivan
C. William Le Baron Jenney
D. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
14. Filippo Brunelleschi is best known for designing the dome for the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, located in what Italian city?
A. Rome
B. Venice
C. Milan
D. Florence
15. What kind of instrumental composition, usually in three or four movements, may be written for the piano alone, or for the piano and another instrument?
A. cantata
B. concerto
C. sonata
D. oratorio
16. Three of the following four musical terms are related to tempo. Which one is associated with a composition’s dynamics?
A. diminuendo
B. accelerando
C. allegretto
D. ritardando
17. Composers Franz Liszt and Béla Bartók hailed from what European nation?
A. Austria
B. Czech Republic
C. Poland
D. Hungary
18. It follows a concerto tempo, but has only one movement instead of a concerto’s three. Which of Rachmaninoff’s works, his last for piano and orchestra, employs the “Dies Irae” from the requiem mass?
A. Symphonic Dances
B. Russian Rhapsody
C. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
D. Variations on a Theme of Chopin
19. It ends with two muted violins playing after every other musician has snuffed out the candle on his music stand and left the stage. Which of Haydn’s symphonies, numbered 45, is it?
A. Clock
B. Surprise
C. London
D. Farewell
20. Match each nationalistic composition with its creator.
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x. Finlandia / 1. Antonin Dvoraky. Slavonic Dances / 2. Jean Sibelius
z. Three Places in New England / 3. Charles Ives
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A. x-1, y-2, z-3
B. x-2, y-1, z-3
C. x-2, y-3, z-1
D. x-3, y-1, z-2
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21. Musical impressionism centered on the works of Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy. With this in mind, which of the compositions below is NOT considered impressionistic?
A. Bolero
B. Symphonie Fantastique
C. Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
D. Claire de Lune
22. Terraced dynamics, widespread counterpoint, and extensive ornamentation were all characteristics of what musical era?
A. Baroque
B. Classical
C. Romantic
D. Modern
23. Which classic opera sees Leonora dress herself as a man to free her husband, Florestan, from an underground jail cell?
A. Fidelio
B. La Traviata
C. Die Fledermaus
D. Rigoletto
24. He composed only one full-length opera, The Tales of Hoffmann. What Frenchman popularized the cancan with the finale of his operetta Orpheus in the Underworld?
A. Camille Saint-Saëns
B. Jacques Offenbach
C. Jules Massenet
D. Christoph Gluck
25. Stephen Sondheim has written the music and lyrics for numerous shows. With which of the following musicals was he NOT involved?
A. Gypsy
B. Into the Woods
C. West Side Story
D. Fiddler on the Roof
26. A ballet dancer rises onto her toes from a plié position. She is now in what position, pictured at right?
A. pirouette
B. attitude
C. ronde de jambe
D. relevé
27. Pathways, levels, and direction are all subsets of what element of dance?
A. time
B. space
C. energy
D. force
28. After his defection from the Soviet Union, Rudolf Nureyev began a long partnership with what prima ballerina?
A. Natalia Makarova
B. Marie Taglioni
C. Maria Tallchief
D. Margot Fonteyn
29. As the chief choreographer for the Ballets Russes, he created roles in Petrushka, Scheherazade, and La Spectre de la Rose specifically for Nijinsky. Who also created Anna Pavlova’s signature role, The Dying Swan?
A. Sergei Diahilev
B. Marius Petipa
C. Michel Fokine
D. George Balanchine
30. Match each female dancer with the work she choreographed.
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x. Martha Graham / 1. Appalachian Springy. Agnes de Mille / 2. Deuce Coupe
z. Twyla Tharp / 3. Rodeo
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A. x-1, y-2, z-3
B. x-1, y-3, z-2
C. x-2, y-1, z-3
D. x-3, y-2, z-1
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31. Which philosopher do scholars consider the “father of Christian existentialism”?
A. Søren Kierkegaard
B. Friedrich Nietzsche
C. Jean-Paul Sartre
D. Baruch Spinoza
32. As a leading scholastic philosopher, St. Thomas Aquinas attempted to reconcile the Catholic Church’s teachings with what thinker’s observations?
A. Aristotle
B. Plato
C. Socrates
D. Diogenes
33. He spread his teachings after receiving a vision from Ahura Mazdā, the “Wise Lord.” Who was this philosopher and religious leader?
A. Confucius
B. Lao-Tzu
C. Zoroaster
D. Mani
34. It stresses nonviolence toward all living things and an ascetic lifestyle. What religion did Mahavira allegedly found in the sixth century?
A. Sikhism
B. Hinduism
C. Shintoism
D. Jainism
35. It includes almost eighty percent of practicing Muslims. Which branch considers the first four caliphs as Muhammad’s true successors?
A. Sunni
B. Shiʿite
C. Sufi
D. Sahn
36. A famous example is, “What is the sound of one hand clapping?” In Zen Buddhism, what is the term for a paradoxical or nonsensical question that disciples use for meditation?
A. stupa
B. koan
C. samsara
D. bodhisattva
37. The rainbow bridge was the only connection between earth and this location. What did the Norse call the dwelling place of their gods?
A. Asgard
B. Valhalla
C. Niflheim
D. Jotunheim
38. He was born, along with his twin sister, on the island of Delos. Which Greek god, the son of Leto, pursued Daphne until she was transformed into a laurel tree?
A. Hades
B. Hermes
C. Apollo
D. Dionysus
39. Both Greek and Roman mythology credit Leda with four children—two belonging to her mortal husband, Tyndareus, and two belonging to Zeus. Which choice below does NOT name one of those children?
A. Clytemnestra
B. Adonis
C. Helen of Troy
D. Castor
40. Match each twentieth-century artist with his work.
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x. Willem de Kooning / 1. Woman IIIy. Jackson Pollock / 2. Blue Poles
z. Jasper Johns / 3. Three Flags
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A. x-1, y-2, z-3
B. x-2, y-1, z-3
C. x-2, y-3, z-1
D. x-3, y-1, z-2
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41. He created works for radios, turntables, and prepared pianos. Which avant-garde composer was known for his Imaginary Landscapes, as well as his Music of Changes?
A. Philip Glass
B. John Adams
C. Steve Reich
D. John Cage
42. In an absurdist play by Romanian-French dramatist Eugene Ionesco, Berenger watches helplessly as his friends are all changed into what animal?
A. elephant
B. panda bear
C. fox
D. rhinoceros
43. According to Aristotle’s Poetics, which of the six elements of drama is the least important?
A. character
B. spectacle
C. plot
D. theme
44. What kind of medieval cycle plays portrayed religious subjects such as biblical stories and saints’ lives?
A. miracle plays
B. passion plays
C. mystery plays
D. morality plays
45. Eugene O’Neill based which of his plays on the Greek myth of Phaedra, Hippolytus, and Theseus?
A. Anna Christie
B. Desire Under the Elms
C. Beyond the Horizon
D. Long Day’s Journey into Night
46. It features Captain Face, who enlists the help of Subtle and Doll Common to transform his employer’s house into a hotbed of crime. What is this Ben Jonson comedy?
A. Volpone
B. Every Man in His Humour
C. The Alchemist
D. Bartholomew Fayre
47. Which name below does NOT belong to one of the title characters in Anton Chekhov’s play The Three Sisters?
A. Olga
B. Masha
C. Natasha
D. Irina
48. It popularized the Simon and Garfunkel song “Mrs. Robinson.” In which Dustin Hoffman movie does his character, Benjamin Braddock, have an affair with an older woman?
A. The Graduate
B. Rain Man
C. Midnight Cowboy
D. Tootsie
49. Which Marx Brothers film—featuring the famous “mirror scene”—showcases a war between the fictional lands of Sylvania and Freedonia?
A. A Night at the Opera
B. A Day at the Races
C. Animal Crackers
D. Duck Soup
50. Match each director to the film for which he won the Best Director Academy Award.
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x. Elia Kazan / 1. It Happened One Nighty. Frank Capra / 2. The Grapes of Wrath
z. John Ford / 3. On the Waterfront
A. x-1, y-2, z-3
B. x-2, y-3, z-1
C. x-3, y-1, z-2
D. x-3, y-2, z-1
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1. B
2. D
3. C
4. D
5. A
6. C
7. C
8. D
9. B
10. A
11. A
12. B
13. B
14. D
15. C
16. A
17. D
18. C
19. D
20. B
21. B
22. A
23. A
24. B
25. D
26. D
27. B
28. D
29. C
30. B
31. A
32. A
33. C
34. D
35. A
36. B
37. A
38. C
39. B
40. A
41. D
42. D
43. B
44. A
45. B
46. C
47. C
48. A
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50. C