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Name__________________________ Date_____________ Hour_________

Read the attached handout and answer the following questions.

1. What was the one thing in Saint-Saens will in regard to Carnival of the Animals?
________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________

2. Before Carnival of the Animals was written, how was the tour he was on?
________________________
a. A huge success c. Disastrous
b. Failed to attract much attention d. Loud and entertaining

3. Name three animals depicted in the piece.

________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________

4. True or False, Saint-Saens thought composing this piece was boring and dumb_________

5. True or False, there is a movement in the piece about beginning pianists _______

6. Name the movement that was published before the rest of the piece.
________________________________________________________________________

7. What instrument usually substituted the glass harmonica? ______________

a. clarinet c. violin
b. glockenspiel d. trumpet

8. What piece did Saint-Saens mimic with the 12th movement: Fossils? ________

9. The Swan is represented by what instrument? ________

a. clarinet c. violin
b. cello d. trumpet

10. True or False, Ogden Nash wrote the poems alongside Saint-Saens. _________
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Name_______Answer Key__________________ Date_____________ Hour_________

Read the attached handout and answer the following questions.

1. What was the one thing in Saint-Saens will in regard to Carnival of the Animals?
__________It be published after his death_________________________

2. Before Carnival of the Animals was written, how was the tour he was on?
________________________
a. A huge success c. Disastrous
b. Failed to attract much attention d. Loud and entertaining

3. Name three animals depicted in the piece. ________Lion, Hens, Horses, Turtles,
elephants, kangaroos, fish, donkey, cuckoo, birds, dinosaurs, swan________

4. True or False, Saint-Saens thought composing this piece was boring and dumb___False_

5. True or False, there is a movement in the piece about beginning pianists _True______

6. Name the movement that was published before the rest of the piece. ______The Swan___

7. What instrument usually substituted the glass harmonica? ______________

a. clarinet c. violin
b. glockenspiel d. trumpet

8. What piece did Saint-Saens mimic with the 12th movement: Fossils? __Danse Macabre__

9. The Swan is represented by what instrument? ________

a. clarinet c. violin
b. cello d. trumpet

10. True or False, Ogden Nash wrote the poems alongside Saint-Saens. ___False__________
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Modified Worksheet
Name__________________________ Date_____________
Hour_________

Read the attached handout and answer the following questions.

1. Saint-Saens wanted his piece published before or after his
death?____________

2. Before Carnival of the Animals was written, how was the tour he was
on? ________________________
a. A huge success b. Disastrous
3. Name two animals depicted in the piece.
___________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________

4. True or False, Saint-Saens thought composing this piece was boring

and dumb_________

5. True or False, there is a movement in the piece about beginning

pianists _______

6. Name the movement that was published before the rest of the piece.
_______________________________________________________
_________________

7. What instrument usually substituted the glass harmonica?

______________
a. clarinet b. glockenspiel

8. What piece did Saint-Saens mimic with the 12th movement: Fossils?
________
a. Danse Macabre b. Peter and the Wolf
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9. The Swan is represented by what instrument? ________

a. clarinet b. cello

10. True or False, Ogden Nash wrote the poems alongside Saint-
Saens. _________
Anthony Napolitano

Modified Worksheet
Name_________Answer Key___________ Date_____________
Hour_________

Read the attached handout and answer the following questions.

1. Saint-Saens wanted his piece published before or after his
death?____After________

2. Before Carnival of the Animals was written, how was the tour he was
on? ________________________
a. A huge success b. Disastrous
3. Name two animals depicted in the piece. __________________
Lion, Hens, Horses, Turtles, elephants, kangaroos, fish, donkey,
cuckoo, birds, dinosaurs, swan
_____________________________________

4. True or False, Saint-Saens thought composing this piece was boring

and dumb____F_____

5. True or False, there is a movement in the piece about beginning

pianists __T_____

6. Name the movement that was published before the rest of the piece.
_________The Swan___________________________

7. What instrument usually substituted the glass harmonica?

______________
a. clarinet b. glockenspiel

8. What piece did Saint-Saens mimic with the 12th movement: Fossils?
________
a. Danse Macabre b. Peter and the Wolf
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9. The Swan is represented by what instrument? ________

a. clarinet b. cello

10. True or False, Ogden Nash wrote the poems alongside Saint-
Saens. ___F______