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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #2
A the Ordinary.
B an oratorio.
C the Mass Proper.
D a Requiem.
Question #3
A False
B True
Question #4
A the brass section.
B piccolos
C piano and cello.
D the woodwind section playing pianissimo.
Question #5
A lyrical lines; aria
B quick notes, delivered freely; recitative
C elegant duet; aria
D patter-like syllabic singing; aria
Question #6
A were not well received during his lifetime but are having a resurgence with modern audiences.
B focused on delighting audiences and avoided cultural or political messages.
C still speak strongly to modern audiences with messages of social unfairness and the rights of individuals.
D drew from stories of antiquity featuring kings and heroes.
Question #7
A the role of a teenage boy, sung by a young tenor
B the role of a teenage girl, dressing as a young man
C the role of a teenage boy, sung by a mezzo-soprano
D
Question #8
A All answers are correct.
B Beethoven worked carefully to balance tradition with innovation in his music.
C Beethoven’s music is considered “transitional” between the Classical era and the Romantic era.
D Beethoven wrote in the Classical-era forms.
Question #9
A Wellington
B Napoleon
C Mozart
D Haydn
Question #10
A romantic love.
B power and greed.
C universal brotherhood.
D beauties of nature.
Question #11
A short-short-short-long.
B “fate knocking at the door”.
C All answers are correct.
D rhythmic.
Question #12
A short-short-short-long motive appears in each movement.
B example of cyclical form.
C unified by a recurring motive.
D All answers are correct.
Question #13
A presto
B allegro
C adagio
D vivace
Question #14
A whimsical, delightful
B scherzo, dancelike
C romantic, passionate
D dreamy, ethereal
Question #15
A near the end
B at the beginning
C during the development section
D during the slow introduction
Question #16
A two opposing themes are “exposed”
B final cadence in the home key
C restatement of themes in the home key
D frequent modulations, wanders through several keys
Question #17
A pianissimo
B alternating between fortissimo and piano
C crescendo from piano to forte
D decrescendo from forte to piano
Question #18
A The theme in the fourth movement is based on a folksong.
B The main tune in the second movement is cut short by pauses.
C A sudden loud chord during the slow movement startled the dozing audience.
D The emperor played viola in the first performance.
Question #19
A violin, viola, cello, double bass
B saxophones
C two violins, one viola, one cello (string quartet)
D flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon
Question #20
A Minuet-and-trio
B Sonata-allegro
C Rondo
D Theme and variations
Question #21
A is a multimovement work.
B All answers are correct.
C is a work written for an orchestra.
D was a new genre of the Classical era.
Question #22
A incidental music.
B thematic music.
C absolute music.
D program music.
Question #23
A Venice, Italy.
B Salzburg, Austria.
C London, England.
D Halle, Germany.
Question #24
A St. Stephen
B Salieri
C Weidinger
D Esterházys
Question #25
A violin, viola, cello, double bass
B two violins, two cellos
C two violins, one viola, one cello
D one violin, one viola, two cellos
Question #27
A fugue.
B da capo.
C prelude.
D toccata.
Question #28
A cello.
B double bass.
C harpsichord.
D violin.
Question #29
A program music or “sound story”
B intentional music.
C absolute music.
D song.
Question #30
A emphasizing the institutional importance of music
B cultivating a tradition of American psalmody
C All answers are correct.
D contributing songs to the cause of independence from Great Britain
Question #31
A grew out of the lavish aristocratic weddings of the Renaissance.
B was a Renaissance genre that gained popularity in the Baroque era.
C was a large-scale music drama with acting, scenery, and costumes.
D was a new instrumental genre of the Baroque era featuring an instrumental soloist and orchestra.
