In Aeschylus's Oresteia, the dead bodies of two characters were shown to the audience by means of a platform that rolled or rotated into the performance space. This platform was called a(n):

Polyrhythms, polytonality, and polychords have been compared to a photographic "double exposure." Why?

A) All these techniques superimpose two or more coherent ideas on each other. B) All these techniques capture the spirit of the moment. C) All the techniques were experiments. D) All these techniques blur the listener's perception of the work.

Muslim rule appealed to some Christians in the Byzantine and Persian Empires in part because

a. its leaders shared their own linguistic and cultural backgrounds. b. it leaders promised freedom from persecution. c. its leaders allowed converts to continue to hold land. d. its leaders offered converts freedom from military service.