TheCathedral of St. Basil the Blessedin Moscow was closed when the Communist regime came to power because it represented the czar and Christianity.

Many Mimbres ceramics recovered from graves have been shattered or pierced. This may represent:

A. a low level of craftsmanship. B. the breaking of the vessel of the human body in death. C. the works of art that were rejected by the artist. D. the strength or ferocity of the deceased. E. the less-than-honorable circumstances of the death.

Early Renaissance composers often based their masses on

A. the masses of Medieval composers. B. secular tunes. C. the songs of birds. D. the chorales of the followers of Luther.