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Arts/Humanities Written Assessment Arts/Humanities Written Assessment Copyright © 2016 Academic Hallmarks Arts/Humanities Round 1 Page 1 1. Songs 6. Musical Instruments Which is not from the same song as the others? Which instrument was also known as a clavier? A. and guide her A. harp B. land that I love B. timpani C. my home sweet home C. bassoon D. oceans white with foam D. marimba E. from sea to shining sea E. harpsichord 2. Architectural Geography 7. Folk Songs Which architectural marvel is not on the same He came from Alabama with a banjo on his knee. To continent as the others? what state was he headed to see Susanna according to A. Kaaba Stephen Foster? B. Kremlin A. Georgia C. Parthenon B. Louisiana D. Colosseum C. Tennessee E. Eiffel Tower D. Mississippi E. North Carolina 3. Art Forms 8. Musical Instruments Ornamental writing is ... A fife is most similar to a ... A. calligraphy A. lyre B. holography B. flute C. lithography C. cello D. cartography D. bugle E. choreography E. accordion 4. Art Materials 9. Instruments Someone engaged in topiary works with ... Which instrument is particularly associated with these A. wax forms of music? B. fabrics bolero, flamenco, fandango C. colored glass A. lyre D. live shrubs or trees B. ukelele E. charcoal and crayons C. calliope D. castanets E. saxophone 5. Art Copies 10. Theaters What term indicates an edition of a print restricted in When a stage has audience seating on all sides, it is quantity to increase the value of each copy? called a theater in the ... A. limited A. loop B. stopped B. ring C. appraised C. band D. suspended D. orbit E. suppressed E. round Arts/Humanities Round 1 Page 2 11. Composers 16. Classical Ballet What Russian composer wrote a suite that shares its Which ballet was based on Charles Perrault's fairy tale, name with an implement used to open almonds and "La Belle au Bois Dormant"? pecans? A. Peter Pan A. Igor Stravinsky B. Cinderella B. Peter Tchaikovsky C. The Firebird C. Modest Mussorgsky D. The Nutcracker D. Sergei Rachmaninoff E. The Sleeping Beauty E. Dimitri Shostakovich 12. Italian Musical Terms 17. Humanities The antonym of staccato is ... There are abundant Hindu temples in ... A. legato A. Nepal B. vibrato B. Tahiti C. agitato C. Finland D. pizzicato D. Monaco E. obbligato E. Colombia 13. Arch-itecture 18. Music Vocabulary Which structure includes the greatest number of The adjective "philharmonic" suggests a ... arches? A. brass band A. Parthenon B. church choir B. Eiffel Tower C. barbershop quartet C. Roman Coliseum D. symphony orchestra D. Great Wall of China E. drum and bugle corps E. Buckingham Palace 14. Prolific People 19. Musical Metals In the 16th century, who worked on several projects John Philip Sousa's music generally requires many for the Vatican? instruments made of an alloy of ... A. Franz Liszt A. lead and tin B. Michelangelo B. silver and gold C. Auguste Rodin C. copper and zinc D. Peter Tchaikovsky D. mercury and iron E. Rembrandt van Rijn E. titanium and chromium 15. Architecture 20. Quakers A delegate to the second Continental Congress During the colonial period, the Quakers primarily designed ... lived in ... A. Monticello A. Georgia B. Fort McHenry B. Maryland C. the White House C. Delaware D. the Brooklyn Bridge D. Rhode Island E. the Statue of Liberty E. Pennsylvania Arts/Humanities Round 1 Page 3 21. Greek Quotes 26. Engraving With what Greek is "know thyself" associated? An artist is least likely to engrave ... A. Homer A. oak B. Pericles B. steel C. Socrates C. copper D. Pythagoras D. diamond E. Alexander the Great E. sterling silver 22. Musical Anthropology 27. Ceramics Mariachi bands are common in a country inhabited Fired clay that resembles glass in brittleness, hardness, by ... and glossiness is ... A. Mongols and Huns A. plastic B. Angles and Saxons B. viscous C. Mayans and Aztecs C. vitreous D. Zulus and Mau Maus D. crackled E. Dorians and Mycenaeans E. malleable 23. Music 28. Head Hewing The musical term "andante" means ... It would have taken longest for an ancient Greek to A. very slow sculpt a bust of ... B. quick and lively A. Plato C. rapid and broken B. Achilles D. moderately slow and even C. Cerberus E. gradually becoming faster D. Hippolyta E. Aphrodite 24. Musical Notation 29. Musical Terms A curved line drawn over or under two or more notes Which term indicates that notes are to be played to indicate that the transition from one to another smoothly so they flow together? should be smooth is a(n) ... A. forte A. slur B. legato B. step C. presto C. breve D. staccato D. quaver E. pianissimo E. accent 25. Composers 30. Adobe John Philip Sousa wrote ... When adobe is applied to a structure's surface, it is A. Ol' Man River called ... B. Rhapsody in Blue A. slip C. The Nutcracker Suite B. glaze D. The William Tell Overture C. stain E. Stars and Stripes Forever D. binder E. plaster Arts/Humanities Round 1 Page 4 31. Artists An artist renowned for bird portrayals is ... A. Pablo Picasso B. Charles Schultz C. John J. Audubon D. Leonardo da Vinci E. Frederic Remington 32. Song Lyrics These are the first two lines of what song? Yo - heave ho! Yo - heave ho! A. Blue Danube B. Old Man River C. The Erie Canal D. Camptown Races E. The Volga Boatmen 33. Artistic Perspectives What word is missing from this quotation? Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting, and autumn a ---- of them all. A. bust B. mosaic C. ceramic D. gargoyle E. seascape 34. March Music Which of these is not the title of a march? A. Colonel Bogey B. Hands Across the Sea C. Beautiful Blue Danube D. Seventy-Six Trombones E. Pomp and Circumstance 35. Authority Separation of church and state is established by law in ... A. Iran B. China C. Nepal D. Saudi Arabia E. the United States Arts/Humanities Round 1 - Answers 1. E 2. A 3. A 4. D 5. A 6. E 7. B 8. B 9. D 10. E 11. B 12. A 13. C 14. B 15. A 16. E 17. A 18. D 19. C 20. E 21. C 22. C 23. D 24. A 25. E 26. D 27. C 28. C 29. B 30. E 31. C 32. E 33. B 34. C 35. E Arts/Humanities Round 2 Page 1 1. Italian Musical Terms 6. Ceramics Which means that musical notes are to be played in a Glaze is a ---- coating on pottery. short, detached manner? A. vicious A. presto B. vitreous B. allegro C. vaporous C. staccato D. vivacious D. crescendo E. vociferous E. pianissimo 2. Composers 7. Nation Populations Who was not a classical composer? About 99% of the population of what country are A. Johann Bach Moslems? B. Frederic Chopin A. Mexico C. Louis Armstrong B. Monaco D. Peter Tchaikovsky C. Moldova E. George Frederic Handel D. Morocco E. Mongolia 3. Dance 8. Folk Songs The jitterbug and what other dance were popular What woman's name is in the folksong about a guy about the same time? who came from the Yellowhammer State with a fretted A. twist stringed instrument on his patella? B. polka A. Maria C. minuet B. Dinah D. Charleston C. Susanna E. monster mash D. Clementine E. Annie Laurie 4. Art Forms 9. Musical Notation To practice the art of bonsai, you need ... What is the letter name for the top line on the treble A. wax clef? B. paper A. A C. a rake B. C D. clippers C. D E. India ink D. F E. G 5. Headwork 10. Song Lyrics A picture of the head from the side is a ... What is the "gem of the ocean" in the lyrics of an A. bust American patriotic song? B. profile A. Arizona C. outline B. Columbia D. contour C. Merrimack E. silhouette D. Enterprise E. Constitution Arts/Humanities Round 2 Page 2 11. Musicians 16. Anthems Who was a Norwegian composer? Each of the four verses of lyrics by Francis Scott Key A. Edvard Grieg ends with a word rhyming with ... B. Knute Rockne A. flea C. Thor Heyerdahl B. host D. Fridtjof Nansen C. flair E. Roald Amundsen D. knave E. writhe 12. Instrumental Music 17. Humanities Reveille is ordinarily played on what instrument? All ascetics ... A. bugle A. live in Africa B. violin B. are polytheistic C. piccolo C. celebrate bar mitzvah D. saxophone D. pray daily toward Mecca E. snare drum E. lack many material possessions 13. Asian Cultures 18. Big Buildings Young Japanese women professionally trained in Which structure is most similar in function to the conversation, singing, and dancing to entertain pyramids at Giza? businessmen are ... A. Taj Mahal A. geishas B. Parthenon B. senseis C. Stonehenge C. samurai D. Eiffel Tower D. hibachis E. Great Wall of China E. shoguns 14. Dance 19. Ballet Babes A hoedown is another name for a ---- dance. The central figure in Tchaikovsky's ballet, "The A. rain Sleeping Beauty," is Princess ... B. belly A. Leia C. round B. Fiona D. sword C. Aurora E. square D. Jasmine E. Buttercup 15. Religion in China 20. Architecture What was the main religion of early China? A distinctive characteristic of a crypt is its ... A. Islam A. use of arches B. Shinto B. pentagonal shape C. Taoism C. decorative mosaics D. Christianity D. underground location E. Zoroastrianism E. masonry construction Arts/Humanities Round 2 Page 3 21. Musical Instruments 26.
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