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28. It’s said in the passage that ...

A) the larger the orchestra, the better the music it will produce.

B) Monteverdi’s operas are regarded as the first examples of orchestral music.

C) opera is an art form that is highly superior to orchestral music.

D) the size of orchestras has grown to include too many instruments.

29. It’s clear from the passage that individual instruments in orchestras ...

A) are all made of either wood or some type of metal.

B) were primarily designed by the composer Haydn.

C) can be mainly classified into four different types.

D) were much larger in the 19th century than in the 18th.