Which instrument is featured in the listening example? [

Georges Seurat preferred to paint using tiny dots of color called pointilles to

a. add movement and depth to his figures. b. convey emotions through color combinations. c. compensate for the subtractive process of mixing. d. exaggerate the rigidity of the figures he portrayed.

Which was NOT a characteristic of Verdi's opera?

A) His characters were believable and human. B) His arias blended into the action. C) He wrote his own libretti and had an opera house built for his operas. D) He adapted stories by Shakespeare, Hugo, Dumas, and Schiller.