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Drama Baroque Period Quiz
Baroque Period
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Film, Theatre & Television
6th Grade
03/14/2011

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What is the subject matter of paintings produced in Catholic countries?
Definition
Religous
Term
Who painted Las Meninas?
Definition
Velasquez
Term
What was the subject matter of Claude Lorrain's paintings?
Definition
classical fantasy
Term
Who worked from real models instead of plaster sculptures?
Definition
Rubens
Term
What will you NEVER see in Rococo art and architecture?
Definition
Straight lines
Term
Who painted "Nightwatch"?
Definition
van Rijn
Term
What is the primary subject matter of English Baroque?
Definition
portraits of aristocracy
Term
Who used a camera obscura to compose his paintings?
Definition
Vermeer
Term
What types of paintings did the wealthy middle class of Europe not like?
Definition
Crucifixions
Term
What is the modern name for Flanders?
Definition
Belgium
Term
What is the name of the roof of a theater?
Definition
the Heavens
Term
Who banned staged plays?
Definition
the Puritans
Term
Who was the ruler during the period of English theater that produced great like Shakespeare, Marlowe, and Jonson.
Definition
Queen Elizabeth
Term
Where were the wealthiest spectators of plays seated?
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on the stage
Term
What were the dates of the Baroque Period?
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1600-1750
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What plays did Jonson write?
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Valpone, The Alchemist, and Every Man In His Humor
Term
Who is credited with the introduction of blank verse?
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Marlowe
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Marlowe was considered the best playwright until ...
Definition
Shakespeare's plays became more popular, dethrowning Marlowe
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What did Marlowe write?
Definition
Tamburlaine the Great, The Jew of Malta, Edward the Second, The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
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How many plays did Shakespeare write? 

How many sonnets did he write?

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37 plays and 154 sonnets
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What are some of Shakespeare's plays?
Definition
Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, MacBeth, The Tempest
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During the Elizabethan Period, who was not allowed to perform? Who played their parts?
Definition

Women couldn't perform.

They were played by young boys.

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Which composer was the main bridge between the Renaissance and Baroque?
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Claudio Monteverdi
Term
What is a type of Baroque musical form that uses contrasting movements?
Definition
Concerto
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What is the type of music that is half sung?
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recitative
Term
What is an instrument developed in the Baroque Period?
Definition
the pianoforte
Term
What is improvisation?
Definition
creating music as you play
Term
name an instrument that Bach played.
Definition
organ
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How is opera different then musical theater or a dramatic play?
Definition
the music is intrecal to the story in an opera
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How is a concerto different then a sonata?
Definition
it has an orchestra as accompinement
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What is Handel's most famous piece?
Definition
Messiah (Hallelujah!!)
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Whose death marked the end of the Baroque in 1750?
Definition
Bach
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