Music: An Appreciation, 10th Edition (Kamien)

Chapter 8: Henry Purcell

Multiple Choice Quiz

1
A common variation form in the baroque is the
A)Minuet.
B)Ground bass or basso ostinato.
C)Cantata.
D)Figured bass.
2
Dido and Aeneas, which many people consider the finest opera ever written to an English text, was inspired by
A)Virgil's epic poem the Aeneid.
B)Purcell's visit to Greece.
C)Homer's Iliad.
D)A popular French opera.
3
Some indication of the acclaim and respect given Purcell by his contemporaries in England can be seen from the fact that he is buried in
A)Hyde Park.
B)Notre Dame de Paris.
C)Westminster Abbey.
D)Buckingham Palace.
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