State QR 2019 Round 1 Flashcards
Popularized by African-American and Latino dancers of the 1960s and ‘70s, it is highly improvisational. Also known as “b-boying,” it is known for its athletic, stylized moves, including spinning on the hands, knees, or head. Which form of social dancing has moves like pop, lock, and
freeze?
break (dancing)
A reference to soldiers as “boots on the ground” or a call to sailors of “all hands on deck” requires this figure of speech, in which part of something represents the whole or, rarely, the whole stands for a part. Give the name of this device, which is often confused with metonymy [muh-TAH-nuhmee].
synecdoche (sih-neck-duh-kee)
Arthur Schopenhauer called this selection of texts “the production of the highest human wisdom,” as they influenced him to write The World as Will and epresentation. There are about ten “principal” ones, known as Sruti [SHROOT-ee], including the Isha, which describes the nature of the Supreme Being, and the Prashna, which describes six pupils asking their master a question. Name these
sacred Hindu texts that consist of 108 commentaries on the Vedas.
Upanishads
This composer wrote Music for a Scene from Shelley after being inspired by the poet’s Prometheus Unbound. He won Pulitzer Prizes for his Piano Concerto and his opera Vanessa. Who titled the second movement of his String Quartet
“Adagio for Strings”?
Samuel Barber
This Greek suffix variously means “rule,” “government,” or “governing body.” Name this suffix found
after “aristo-“ and “demo-.”
-cracy (can also accept -crat or -cratic)
This technique was perfected by Brunelleschi [broon-nuh-LESS-kee] in the 15th century, but was partially abandoned by modern artists in favor of flatness. It depicts objects being foreshortened
through the use of the horizontal line and vanishing points. Give the term for showing depth in artwork, with linear and aerial varieties.
perspective
Name this poetry writer of “Ode to Aphrodite,” who spent her life on the Aeolian [ee-OH-lee-un] island of
Lesbos.
Sappho
This musical, the 1976 Pulitzer Prize winner for drama, had music by Marvin Hamlisch and was choreographed by Michael Bennett. Set on a bare stage, characters like Zach and Paul discuss their backgrounds, seen in the songs “What I did for Love” and “One.” Identify the musical centered
around a group of seventeen dancers auditioning for a role in the titular ensemble.
A Chorus Line
This author, whose Collected Stories earned a Pulitzer Prize, set some of her works in her native Texas. Her best-known stories include “Hacienda,” “Flowering Judas,” and “Pale Horse, Pale Rider.”
Katherine Anne Porter
This play, the first in the Theban [THEE-bun] trilogy to be written, explores the themes of civil disobedience and familial duty. The blind prophet Tiresias [tie-REE-see-us] and Haemon [HEE-mon]
convince Creon [CREE-on], the king of Thebes, to allow for the administration of holy rites to those involved in the civil war. Identify the play by Sophocles that has the title character sentenced to death for burying her dead brother, Polyneices [pahl-uh-NIGH-seez].
Antigone
