Why did Faustina the Younger, wife of Marcus Aurelius, receive the honorary title Augusta?
A) ?She was a direct descendent of Augustus.
B) ?She quickly produced an imperial heir, which enhanced her importance.
C) ?She styled herself after Augustus's wife, Livia.
D) ?Because she was childless, she adopted and cared for many orphaned children.
B
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__________ is the most celebrated painting of Diego Velázquez in part because of the intriguing fact that it crosses the genres of portrait and genre painting
A. Boy Playing a Flute B. John Wilkins DD C. Jolly Toper D. Portrait of Charles I at the Hunt E. Las Meninas
A feeling of harmonic tension and forward motion is created in the exposition of a sonata form movement by ________.
A. the introduction of a new theme in the bridge B. retaining the same tonality for both themes C. the conflict of tonalities between the first and second themes D. changing the meter of the second theme