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  1. He was born in Spain in 1904. He was a surrealist whose works are quite different from many others from that time. Whose most famous work is The Persistence of Memory?
  2. In this movement, emphasis was placed on the effect of sunlight on objects; artists used small dabs of pure color to blend into the viewers in order to give the illusion of reflected light. What style of painting began in France in the 1860s?
  3. What term indicates when notes do not fit in a harmonious pattern, and the piece expects resolution?
  4. What pupil of Rimsky-Korsakov created the ballets The Firebird and Petrushka?
  5. This style of music is rich in rhythms and sophisticated melodies. In 1976, Scott Joplin was honored for his contribution by the Pulitzer committee for his work in what genre?
  6. Glitz is a theatre term that refers to a style of decoration. Which of these items would add glitz to a costume?
  7. The primary character in this work is Antoine Roquentin. Which choice is a novel of philosophical realism set during the 1930s in France?
  8. She was custodian of the sacred life. Who is this virgin goddess of the hearth in Roman mythology?
  9. In the legend, the shipwrecked Odysseus is detained for seven years until Zeus commands what nymph of the island of Ogygia to release him?
  10. People who make costumes designed by the costume designer are divided into two groups. One group is called the cutters. What is the other group called?


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