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2. The Aria part features which character?

  • Alectro
  • Alecto
  • Electo
  • Electro

3. Which of these words aren't featured in word painting?

  • 'wond'ring' - melisma
  • 'sleeping' - diminuendo
  • 'eas'd' - cadence
  • 'eternal' - melisma
  • 'pains' - dissonance
  • 'drop' - descending sequence

4. Why are perfect cadences used?

  • To be awkward
  • To make it sound better
  • To confirm modulations
  • To complete sections

5. Due to chromaticism in the ground bass, what can the tonality can be described as?

  • ambiguous
  • minor
  • bitonal
  • diatonic

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