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Which of the following is a “coming of age” novel that utilizes the concept of the anti-hero?

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Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

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Of the following poems, which is known as one of the most poignant elegies to President Abraham Lincoln?

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When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed by Walt Whitman

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What does assonance in poetry mean?

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repetition of vowel sounds in a single line of poetry. Example: “Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death”

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What does iambic pentameter mean?

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Refers to meter, or rhythm, of a line of poetry composed of five feet, or iambs, having on unstressed and one stressed syllable for a total of 10 syllables. Example: “For SHADE to SHADE will COME too DROWsily”

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Who are African-American playwrights who won awards and critical recognition for their plays in the 1920’s?

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Zora Neale Hurston and Marita Bonner

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A well-made play is characterized by what?

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a tight and logical construction, a plot based on a withheld secret, a misplaced letter and documents, a obligatory scene.

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A well-made play must have all but?

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an episodic structure.

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Frank Lloyd Wright was the original architect/designer for which of the following twentieth-century museums?

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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

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In ballet, what does glissade mean?

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Placing and applying body weight to one foot that is against the floor while sliding the other foot into fifth position.

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In ballet, what does pas de chat mean?

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quick springing movement that resembles a cat walk by alternating feet

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In ballet, what does fourth position crossed mean?

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positioning one foot in front of the other while the feet remain one step apart

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In ballet, what is it called when weight is proportioned incorrectly, creating the body to shift and lean in that direction?

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improper balance

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In ballet, what is it called when one left leg lifted at a 45-degree angle rotating from front to outer side, from back to inner side?

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demi rond de jambe

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The predecessor of the modern-day piano is called?

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harpischord

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A poem set to music is an?

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art song

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A high male voice is classified as?

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tenor

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A high female voice is classified as?

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soprano

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The lowest male voice is classified as?

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bass

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A medium female voice is classified as?

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alto

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What is the range of voice between tenor and bass?

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baritone

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Which of the following well-known writers is famous for his verses about the struggle for Irish independence?

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W.B. Yeats. Examples of work: In the Seven Woods and The Green Helmet and Other Poems

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Which of the following early American novels deals with the author’s personal attempts to exorcise many of the negative aspects of his Puritan heritage?

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Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlett Letter

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Though once condemned as indecent and controversial, this modern English autobiographical novel is now acclaimed for its originality?

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Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence

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Known for its transcendentalist underpinnings, this early American work also emphasizes the importance of self-reliance?

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Walden by Henry David Thoreau

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In architecture, what is a cantilever?

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rigid stone structure fixed at one end and free at the other

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In architecture, which material was used to build in the medieval times?

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stone masonry and mortar

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In William Blake’s poem The Sick Rose, what is the poem about?

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A woman losing her virginity and beauty

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In poetry, what does personification mean?

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an object or emotion has been made into a person with human attributes. It is easily detected because the personified word is often capitalized.

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In poetry, what does alliteration mean?

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a device that repeats the initial consonants, or vowels, as in “crowing cocks” or “weeping widows”

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What does onomatopoeia mean?

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verbs that sound like action: ooze, hiss, swish

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What does assonance mean?

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repeats the vowel sounds in a line or sentence: unmoved, another, approved

32
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Poetic drama is best described as?

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a poem in dialogue written for performance

33
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The Threepenny Opera is best described as?

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an epic drama by Bertolt Brecht. It was based on John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera.

34
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In drama, what does historification mean?

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use of material drawn from other times and places, which allows the audience to view the performance in a detached manner.

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The belief that a human being has an absolute power to choose his or her own destiny is the hallmark of?

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Existentialism. “existence over essence” which means that what one becomes is a matter of choice and not something usually called “human nature”. The opposite of essentialism.

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What is a distinctive American philosophy that the worth of an idea is its “cash value” or power to solve a problem?

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Pragmatism

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What is the political and economic theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, later developed by their followers to form the basis for the theory and practice of communism.

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Marxism

38
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Cyclopean is a term which is often used to refer to the masonry building of which of the following civilizations?

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Mycenean. The Ancient Greeks, upon viewing the massive masonry blocks used by the Mycenean construction, believed that they could have only been place by giants.

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Descartes used his cogito argument, “I think, therefore I am” to establish what?

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an indubitable foundation for knowledge.

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Which analysis represents a through-composed form?

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ABCDE
In music theory of musical form, through-composed music is relatively continuous, non-sectional, or non-repetitive music. A song is said to be through-composed if it has different music for each stanza of the lyrics. This is in contrast to strophic form, in which each stanza is set to the same music.

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What does open structure mean in music?

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AB, binary form, that starts in the tonic key and may modulate before the end

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Which of the following can be a synonym for Gregorian chant?

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plainchant. It’s monophonic vocal music, which was primarily used in church.

43
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What is a polyphonic vocal composition used in church music for two or more voices?

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motet

44
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what is imitated polyphonic vocal composition consisting of two or more voices?

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a canon

45
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what is a vocal solo with accompaniment found in larger composition called?

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aria

46
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What is imitative polyphony with variations called?

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fugue

47
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Which composer is best known for his technique of weaving favorite melodies, often patriotic, into his compositions?

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Charles Ives

48
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Which composer popularized patriotic marches?

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Sousa

49
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Which composer explored primitivism and tonalities?

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Stravinsky

50
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Which is perhaps the most curious - even hilarious - novel written in the eighteenth century?

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Tristram Shandy by Laurence Stern

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