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1

Opera was invented during
A)The French Revolution
B)The American Civil War
C)The Renaissance
D)The Reformation
2

_____ have lighthearted lyrics and end happily.
A)Operas
B)Operettas
C)Musicals
D)Ballets
3

The words in musical theatre are commonly called
A)The script
B)Dialogue
C)Lyrics
D)The libretto
4

The English musical theatre in which the words are more important than the music is called
A)Ballad opera
B)Operetta
C)Opera
D)Musical comedy
5

What do theatre historians call the first American musical comedy?
A)The Band Wagon
B)Pirates of Penzance
C)The Black Crook
D)Leave It to Jane
6

All of the following are traits of musical comedy except
A)The settings and characters are American
B)The music is lush and Romantic
C)The music is often in 2/4 time
D)The plot always ends happily.
7

Which show do theatre historians cite as the first modern musical?
A)Fiddler on the Roof
B)My Fair Lady
C)Guys and Dolls
D)Oklahoma!
8

All of the following are famous teams of composers and lyricists except
A)Lerner and Loewe
B)Rogers and Hammerstein
C)Woodward and Bernstein
D)Kander and Ebb
9

All of the following are reasons why musical theatre is a particularly American art form except
A)It always ends happily
B)The American Spirit
C)The assembly-line approach to creativity
D)The artistic and ethnic melting pot
10

The person on a musical's creative team who figures out how the story will be told is
A)The lyricist
B)The composer
C)The choreographer
D)The book writer





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