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The composers Josquin and Palestrina both spent a portion of their careers working in the Sistine Chapel of the pope.
 
 

a. true
  b. false



Question 2

What is a castrato?
 
 

a. a woodwind instrument that developed during the early Renaissance that sounds like a hybrid of a clarinet and
  trumpet
  b. a popular term for the violin
  c. a high, soprano-like voice produced by adult male singers when they sing in head voice and not in full chest
  voice
  d. a celebrated female opera singer; a prima donna
  e. a boy or adult singer who had been castrated to keep his voice in the soprano register




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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: a

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: e





 

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