Multiple Choice

1. Which statement best describes the Baroque Era?
   1. This was a God-centered era.
   2. Artists were just beginning to experiment with perspective.
   3. A new science was emerging.
   
   
   
2. Bach was interested in mental and musical gymnastics. One aspect of his compositions that proves this is:
   1. He often experimented with numbers such as 14 and 41.
   2. He almost always used numbers in the titles of his compositions.
   3. He was an award-winning mathematician as well as a musician.
   
   
   
3. Counterpoint is?
   1. One single melodic line
   2. A musical form invented in the Middle Ages
   3. When two or more independent melodies are performed at the same time
   
   
   
4. A fugue is?
   1. also known as an oratorio
   2. a flight or a melody chased from one part of the music to another
   3. one of the important components of opera
   
   
   
5. We find these characteristics in almost any Baroque work:
   1. contrasts, tension, energy
   2. elegance, simplicity, clarity of form
   3. realism, truth, scientific detail
   
   
   
6. Open Response
   Open Response Prompt: The Baroque Era was a time of a time of conflict and contradiction. A new science was emerging and old beliefs were being discarded. Many of the arts shared common characteristics of contrast, tension, and energy. In a short paragraph, explain or describe ways these three qualities appeared in either a Baroque musical composition of your choice, or a work of visual art from the Baroque era.