5 Written Questions

1. lacking freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale
2. the use of irony, sarcasm or wit to expose or ridicule humane vice or folly
3. physical beauty
4. a class or category of art having a particular form, content, or technique
5. a group of attendants or associates, esp of someone important

5 Matching Questions

1. abstract
2. repertoire
3. personage
4. grandiose
5. vulgar

1. a a person; a person of importance; a character in a literary work
2. b crude, indecent; lacking breeding or good taste; conspicuously tasteless.
3. c theoretical, as opposed to practical; difficult to understand; separate from concrete reality; in art, nonrepresentational
4. d the entire range of skills, aptitudes, or devices used in a particular field or occupation; the collection of works that an artist or company can perform
5. e unnecessarily large or complicated; pompous; affectedly showy

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. recurring with predictability or fixed regularity
   1. trite
   2. satire
   3. rhythmic
   4. abstract
2. to reach the highest point; come to completion
   1. ornate
   2. personage
   3. culminate
   4. simulate
3. tending to call up or produce memories; causing to appear
   1. satire
   2. ornate
   3. evocative
   4. contrived
4. to plan and/or oversee the development and details of; to compose a series of dance steps
   1. personage
   2. ornate
   3. choreograph
   4. entourage
5. highly elaborate; showy; ostentatious
   1. abstract
   2. culminate
   3. flamboyant
   4. simulate

5 True/False Questions

1. contrived → obviously planned; not spontaneous; artificial

   True        False

2. ornate → elaborately and often excessively ornamented; florid in style

   True        False

3. theatrical → obviously planned; not spontaneous; artificial

   True        False

4. simulate → to create a likeness or imitation of; to make a pretense of

   True        False

5. variegated → lacking freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale

   True        False