Deck 22: The Baroque in the Protestant North

Question 1

Following the devastating fire that destroyed three quarters of London,________,an architect,scientist,professor,and one of the founding fathers of the Royal Society of London,was commissioned to prepare designs for the city's reconstruction and the new St.Paul's Cathedral.

A)Chaucer
B)Milton
C)Wren
D)Handel

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The musical genre in which a long sacred or epic text is performed in concert by a narrator,soloists,chorus,and orchestra is called

A)operA.
B)oratorio.
C)tone poem.
D)All these answers are correct.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Highlight the literary achievements of both Donne and Milton.

Answer 3

John Donne,whose poetry and prose were unconventional,was one of the most eloquent voices of religious devotionalism.Using extended metaphors,Donne portrays human beings as "chapters" in the larger "book" of God's design,a typically baroque theme.His writing abounds in "conceits," that is,elaborate metaphors that compare two apparently dissimilar objects or emotions,often with the intention of shocking or surprising.In that the conceits of Donne borrowed words and images from the new science,critics called these devices and the poetry they embellished "metaphysical." Showing off the subtleties of the English language,Donne creates paradoxes that highlight religious questions:in his Sonnet 10,he concludes that Death itself shall die-in the eternal life afforded by Christianity.
John Milton,a political activist and a persistent defender of religious,political,and intellectual freedom,challenged English society with expository prose essays on a number of controversial subjects.In his magnum opus,Paradise Lost,Milton created a cosmic (and earth-centered)vision of Heaven,Hell,and Paradise comparable to that drawn by Dante but more philosophic in its concern with the human experience of knowledge,sin,and free will.Considered the greatest of modern epics,Paradise Lost is impressive in its vast intellectual sweep,its wide-ranging allusions to history and literature,and its effort to embrace matters of time,space,and causality.Inspired by the Bible's eloquence,the language of Paradise Lost is intentionally lofty;it is designed to convey epic breadth and to narrate (as Milton promised)"things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme."

Question 4

Called "England's greatest composer," ________ was a prodigious writer of musical genres of all types.

A)Schubert
B)Handel
C)Beethoven
D)J.S.Bach

Question 5

Bach's favored musical style was which of the following?

A)the oratorio
B)the cantata
C)the symphony
D)the concerto

Question 6

Which of the following served as the inspiration for most of Bach's music?

A)Slavic rhythms
B)the percussive sounds of nature
C)Lutheran hymns
D)the Catholic mass

Question 7

Give examples of the religious compositions of Handel and Bach.

Question 8

A written constitution,elected representation,and universal manhood suffrage were some of the benefits that Great Britain realized from

A)the Boer War.
B)the Revolutionary War.
C)the English Civil War.
D)the Hundred Years' War.

Question 9

Define Calvinism and its linkage to the emerging Dutch republic.How would Calvinism as a state religion affect the self-identity of the Dutch?

Question 10

Which of the following monarchs governed England for more than a decade without the approval and support of the Parliament?

A)Charles I
B)Henry VIII
C)George I
D)Edward VIII

Question 11

Elaborate metaphors that compare two apparently dissimilar objects or emotions with the goal of shocking or surprising the listener or reader are called which of the following?

A)motifs
B)follies
C)anagrams
D)conceits

Question 12

Which of the following was the official religion of the emerging Dutch Republic?

A)Anabaptist
B)Lutheran
C)Calvinism
D)Roman Catholic

Question 13

During this period,the Dutch were embroiled in a nineteen-year war with which of the following countries?

A)England
B)Portugal
C)Spain
D)France

Question 14

Queen Elizabeth of England was unmarried,bore no sons,and was the last ruler of her direct family line.Which of the following families assumed the English throne upon Elizabeth's death in 1603?

A)Plantagenet
B)Stuart
C)Windsor
D)Hanover

Question 15

________,Puritan,humanist,and defender of Cromwell's Commonwealth,was the most notable English-language poet of the seventeenth century.

A)Chaucer
B)Milton
C)Wren
D)Handel

Question 16

Discuss the role of the Bible in the arts of the seventeenth century.

Question 17

Rembrandt's artistic medium of choice was invariably which of the following?

A)egg tempura
B)intaglio etching
C)layers of linseed-oil paint
D)fresh plaster

Question 18

The Northern baroque style emphasized which of the following?

A)personal piety
B)private devotion
C)minimal ornamentation
D)All these answers are correct.

Question 19

One of the main features of baroque music,the ________ was a shorthand method for composers to quickly communicate in writing the structure of each note's harmony.

A)figured bass
B)cantata
C)tenor clef
D)leitmotif

Question 20

Describe the unique characteristics of Protestant devotionalism as reflected in the art of Rembrandt.