This Italian composer wrote operas set in California, Japan, China, and Paris

Martin Luther's first attack on the Roman Catholic Church centered on what issue?

a. the reliability of official Bible translations b. Luther's desire to be elected a Church cardinal c. the sale of indulgences to raise funds for the Church d. Church doctrine forbidding priests to marry

The tympanum of the Romanesque portal of La Madeleine at Vézelay depicts ____

a. Christ's ascension b. Pentecost c. the assumption of the Virgin d. Mary's visit to Christ's tomb