Question: During the Baroque period many genres and forms were developed and remain in use today

Answer: True

Question: Polyphonic music was an essential ingredient in the development of opera

Answer: False

Question: Baroque music is music of contrasts

Answer: True

Question: Recitative was used to carry the dramatic action forward

Answer: True

Question: The trio sonata consisted of four performers

Answer: True

Question: The fugue represents the highest form of Baroque homophonic music

Answer: False

Question: The aria was more songlike than the recitative

Answer: True

Question: Although a great composer, Bach struggles with the newer art of tonal harmony

Answer: False

Question: Handel wrote 6 Brandenburg Concertos

Answer: False

Question: The Messiah is an oratorio

Answer: True