Multiple Choice Quiz

Please answer all questions


1	Puccini's operas have lasting appeal because
		A)	he had a marvelous sense of theater
		B)	his melodies have short, memorable phrases and are intensely emotional
		C)	he minimized the difference between aria and recitative, thus creating a continuous flow of music
		D)	all of the above


2	In La Bohème, who sings the aria Che gelida manina (How cold your little hand is!)?
		A)	Mimi
		B)	Schaunard
		C)	Rodolfo
		D)	Marcello


3	Puccini used melodic and rhythmic elements derived from Asian music in his operas
		A)	Turandot and Manon Lescaut
		B)	Madame Butterfly and Turandot
		C)	La Bohème and Madame Butterfly
		D)	Tosca and Turandot


4	An artistic trend of the 1890s, in which operas dealt with ordinary people and true-to-life situations, was known as
		A)	opera seria
		B)	Cavalleria rusticana
		C)	exoticism
		D)	verismo


5	Which of the following operas was not written by Puccini?
		A)	Tosca
		B)	Madame Butterfly
		C)	Turandot
		D)	I Pagliacci


6	Puccini's first successful opera was
		A)	Madame Butterfly
		B)	La Bohème
		C)	Manon Lescaut
		D)	Turandot


7	La Bohème takes place in
		A)	Seville
		B)	Milan
		C)	Rome
		D)	Paris


8	Mimi and Rodolfo meet for the first time in La Bohème because she has come to his door to ask for a
		A)	light for her candle
		B)	drink of wine
		C)	dinner date
		D)	cup of sugar


9	In La Bohème, Rodolfo is a young
		A)	painter
		B)	poet
		C)	philosopher
		D)	musician


10	Which of the following operas is considered an example of verismo?
		A)	Turandot
		B)	Tosca
		C)	Nabucco
		D)	Die Walküre

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