Q1. In what year was Domenico Scarlatti born?
A. 1680
B. 1685
C. 1690
D. 1695
Answer: B. 1685
Q2. Where was Domenico Scarlatti born?
A. Rome
B. Venice
C. Naples
D. Madrid
Answer: C. Naples
Q3. Who was Domenico Scarlatti’s father, a renowned composer of the time?
A. Antonio Vivaldi
B. Alessandro Scarlatti
C. Arcangelo Corelli
D. Georg Philipp Telemann
Answer: B. Alessandro Scarlatti
Q4. How many siblings did Domenico Scarlatti have?
A. Four
B. Six
C. Nine
D. Ten
Answer: C. Nine
Q5. Under whom did Domenico Scarlatti receive his initial musical training?
A. His father Alessandro Scarlatti
B. Gaetano Greco
C. His brother Pietro Filippo
D. Francesco Gasparini
Answer: A. His father Alessandro Scarlatti
Q6. In what year was Scarlatti appointed as composer and organist at the Chapel Royal in Naples?
A. 1699
B. 1701
C. 1705
D. 1709
Answer: B. 1701
Q7. Which opera did Scarlatti revise for performance in Naples in 1703?
A. Tolomeo e Alessandro
B. Narciso
C. Irene
D. Amor d’un’ombra e gelosia d’un’aura
Answer: C. Irene
Q8. To which city did Scarlatti’s father send him shortly after 1703 for further experience?
A. London
B. Lisbon
C. Venice
D. Seville
Answer: C. Venice
Q9. In what year did Scarlatti move to Rome and enter the service of the exiled Polish queen?
A. 1705
B. 1709
C. 1715
D. 1719
Answer: B. 1709
Q10. What position did Scarlatti hold at St. Peter’s Basilica from 1715 to 1719?
A. Organist
B. Composer
C. Maestro di Cappella
D. Harpsichordist
Answer: C. Maestro di Cappella
Q11. In 1719, Scarlatti traveled to which city to direct one of his operas at the King’s Theatre?
A. Paris
B. Vienna
C. London
D. Berlin
Answer: C. London
Q12. When did Scarlatti arrive in Lisbon to teach the Portuguese princess?
A. 1715
B. 1719
C. 1727
D. 1733
Answer: B. 1719
Q13. Whom did Scarlatti teach music to during his time in Lisbon?
A. Queen Marie Casimire
B. Farinelli
C. Maria Barbara of Portugal
D. Handel’s daughter
Answer: C. Maria Barbara of Portugal
Q14. In what year did Scarlatti leave Lisbon for Rome?
A. 1720
B. 1727
C. 1729
D. 1733
Answer: B. 1727
Q15. Where did Scarlatti reside for four years starting in 1729?
A. Seville
B. Madrid
C. Naples
D. Venice
Answer: A. Seville
Q16. In what year did Scarlatti relocate to Madrid as music master to Princess Maria Barbara?
A. 1727
B. 1729
C. 1733
D. 1738
Answer: C. 1733
Q17. When and where did Scarlatti marry his first wife, Maria Caterina Gentili?
A. 1720 in Lisbon
B. 1728 in Rome
C. 1733 in Madrid
D. 1739 in Seville
Answer: B. 1728 in Rome
Q18. After his first wife’s death in 1739, whom did Scarlatti marry second?
A. Anastasia Maxarti Ximenes, a Spaniard
B. A Portuguese noblewoman
C. Maria Barbara’s sister
D. An Italian singer
Answer: A. Anastasia Maxarti Ximenes
Q19. How many keyboard sonatas did Scarlatti compose?
A. 200
B. 355
C. 555
D. 700
Answer: C. 555
Q20. What is the predominant form of Scarlatti’s keyboard sonatas?
A. Sonata-allegro
B. Binary
C. Rondo
D. Fugue
Answer: B. Binary
Q21. For which instrument were most of Scarlatti’s sonatas primarily written?
A. Organ
B. Clavichord
C. Harpsichord
D. Violin
Answer: C. Harpsichord
Q22. What famous collection of Scarlatti’s works was published in 1738 under his oversight?
A. 30 Sonate
B. 30 Esercizi
C. 555 Essercizi
D. Opere Sacre
Answer: B. 30 Esercizi
Q23. Which of the following is one of Scarlatti’s notable operas composed in 1711?
A. Stabat Mater
B. Salve Regina
C. Tolomeo e Alessandro
D. Irene
Answer: C. Tolomeo e Alessandro
Q24. In what year did Scarlatti compose his Stabat Mater?
A. 1711
B. 1715
C. 1738
D. 1756
Answer: B. 1715
Q25. What is believed to be Scarlatti’s last composition?
A. A keyboard sonata
B. An opera
C. Salve Regina
D. A cantata
Answer: C. Salve Regina
