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  1. Who wrote the opera that was commissioned to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal?
ARichard Wagner
BAntonin Dvořák
CJohannes Brahms
DGiuseppe Verdi
  1. Johannes Brahms wrote only _______ symphonies, but they're all mainstays of today's concert

repertory.

Aseven
Bnine
Cfive
Dfour
  1. According to Wagner, what was a fundamental error of conventional opera?
AThe libretto being used only as a means to deliver virtuosic singing
BProjection of the text and minimizing virtuosity
CThe action on the stage reflecting what the orchestra already delivers