Music: An Appreciation, 10th Edition (Kamien)

Chapter 17: Giuseppe Verdi

Multiple Choice Quiz

1
Critics were often scandalized by the subject matter of Verdi's operas because they
A)symbolized a free and unified Italy.
B)commemorated the Suez canal, which was not even in Europe.
C)were based on Shakespearean plays.
D)seemed to condone rape, suicide, and free love.
2
Which of the following operas is not by Verdi?
A)La Traviata
B)Cavalleria rusticana
C)Il Trovatore
D)Otello
3
Verdi's great comic masterpiece, written when he was seventy-nine, is
A)Il Trovatore.
B)Otello.
C)Falstaff.
D)Aïda.
4
Verdi studied music in _________, the city where Italy's most important opera house, La Scala, is located.
A)Rome
B)Florence
C)Venice
D)Milan
5
Rigoletto, the title character in Giuseppe Verdi's opera, is
A)a hunchbacked court jester.
B)the father of Cornelia.
C)a servant to the duke of Esterhazy.
D)Verdi's son.
6
Verdi's first great success, an opera with strong political overtones, was
A)Oberto.
B)Aïda.
C)Nabucco.
D)La Traviata.
7
Verdi mainly composed his operas
A)for the Italian musical elite.
B)to glorify the singers.
C)to promote Italian unification.
D)to entertain a mass public.
8
The famous aria "La donna è mobile" is taken from Verdi's opera
A)Rigoletto.
B)Aïda.
C)Falstaff.
D)Il Trovatore.
9
The soul of a Verdi opera is
A)extensive thematic development.
B)expressive vocal melody.
C)the situation comedy.
D)atmospheric orchestral parts.
10
Verdi's later operas differ from his earlier ones in that they have
A)less difference between aria and recitative.
B)greater musical continuity.
C)more imaginative orchestrations.
D)All answers are correct.
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