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1. The St. Matthew Passion was written in what language?
c. German

2. For what church in Leipzig did Bach compose the St. Matthew Passion?
a. St. Thomas

3. What did Bach’s family call the St. Matthew Passion?
c. "Great Passion"

4. What does a trio sonata consist of?
b. two melodic instruments plus continuo

5. An obbligato part is:
d. a part which must be played.

6. Bach’s librettist for the St. Matthew Passion was:
b. Picander

7. A tritone is a(n):
b. augmented fourth

8. What is a tremolo?
b. a rapid repetition on a single pitch

9. Matthew, author of this Passion story, worked as a:
c. tax collector

10. Bach used word painting to describe the crucified Christ nailed to the Cross without anything to stand on by leaving out the:
a. basso continuo