The term leitmotif refers to a short musical theme that designates a person, object, place, or idea and that reappears throughout a musical composition.

Hokusai's The Great Wave makes a statement about scale, in part because

a) everyone in Japan knows the scale of Mount Fuji. b) any black-and-white art causes scale to feel reduced. c) the print is 86 inches in height. d) the print presents nature in relation to the human figure.

There are few recordings of Native-American ceremonial music because

A. this music is too sacred and powerful. B. it isn’t performed well enough to record. C. it is no longer performed in public. D. it isn’t remembered by the new generation.