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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A forms
B tone colors
C harmonies
D rhythms
Question #2
A experiences in Rome.
B intense nationalism.
C interest in composing for small, intimate ensembles.
D love for the actress Harriet Smithson.
Question #3
A absolute music.
B incidental music.
C folk music.
D pure music.
Question #4
A opera.
B program music.
C absolute music.
D symphony.
Question #5
A music that depicts aspects of nature.
B vocal music that tells a story.
C instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene.
D All answers are correct.
Question #6
A Paris
B Rome
C Weimar
D Budapest
Question #7
A cellist.
B pianist.
C conductor.
D All answers are correct.
Question #8
A exoticism.
B verismo.
C program music.
D nationalism.
Question #9
A ein lied.
B an etude.
C a polonaise.
D a nocturne.
Question #10
A the left hand must play rapid passages throughout.
B the left hand plays the main melody.
C it takes nearly an hour to perform.
D it is played only by the left hand.
Question #11
A waltz.
B mazurka.
C nocturne.
D etude.
Question #12
A have a limited variety of moods.
B have literary programs or titles.
C are for a wide range of media.
D are exquisite miniatures.
Question #13
A gave a great number of successful public concerts.
B married the famous writer Aurore Dudevant.
C All answers are correct.
D earned a good living by teaching piano to the daughters of the rich.
Question #14
A approach of death.
B joy of the child.
C galloping horse.
D steadiness of the father.
Question #15
A piano concertos.
B operas.
C symphonies.
D string quartets.
Question #16
A lied
B durchkomponiert
C ballade
D chanson
Question #17
A solo voice and piano.
B solo voice and orchestra.
C multiple voices.
D All answers are correct.
Question #18
A Frédéric Chopin.
B Robert Schumann.
C Clara Schumann.
D Niccolò Paganini.
Question #19
A Franz Liszt.
B Hector Berlioz.
C Franz Schubert.
D Frédéric Chopin.
Question #20
A An enthusiasm for the culture of the Middle Ages
B A fascination with fantasy
C An emphasis on balance and clarity of structures
D An interest in exoticism and the past
Question #21
A wages of skilled performers
B French and Indian War
C Napoleonic Wars
D American Revolution
Question #22
A a city in New York State.
B the home of Siegfried.
C Wotan’s castle.
D the magic ring.
Question #23
A subservient to the singers.
B limited to only the string section.
C full and colorful.
D light and simple.
Question #24
A lied.
B speech-song.
C unending melody.
D leitmotif.
Question #25
A Hans von Bülow.
B Richard Wagner
C King Ludwig of Bavaria.
D Arrigo Boito.
Question #26
A Fidelio
B Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
C Tristan and Isolde
D Parsifal
Question #27
A ritardando.
B accelerando.
C rubato.
D fermata.
Question #28
A Johannes Brahms.
B Ludwig van Beethoven.
C Johann Sebastian Bach.
D Hector Berlioz.
Question #29
A Dresden.
B Munich.
C Weimar.
D Bayreuth.
Question #30
A Madame Butterfly and Turandot.
B Turandot and Manon Lescaut.
C La Bohème and Madame Butterfly.
D Tosca and Turandot.
Question #31
A The use of the damper pedal allowed a sonorous blend of tones from all registers of the piano.
B The piano’s range remained basically the same as in the classical period.
C A cast-iron frame was introduced to hold the strings under greater tension.
D The piano’s hammers were covered with felt.
Question #32
A Claudio Monteverdi.
B Giacomo Puccini.
C Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
D Richard Wagner.
Question #33
A exoticism.
B opera seria.
C verismo.
D Cavalleria rusticana.
Question #34
A Tosca
B Falstaff
C Turandot
D Madame Butterfly
Question #35
A Madame Butterfly.
B La Bohème.
C Turandot.
D Manon Lescaut.
Question #36
A Il Trovatore.
B Falstaff.
C Rigoletto.
D Aïda.
Question #37
A Milan
B Florence
C Rome
D Venice
Question #38
A Joseph Haydn.
B Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
C All answers are correct.
D Ludwig van Beethoven.
Question #39
A operas.
B choral works.
C chamber music.
D art songs.
Question #40
A Richard Wagner.
B Robert Schumann and his wife Clara.
C Franz Liszt.
D Antonin Dvořák.
Question #41
A ranged from twenty to sixty players.
B had a limited dynamic range due to the primitive nature of the brass instruments.
C was larger and more varied in tone color than the classical orchestra.
D was basically the same as in the classical period.
Question #42
A Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
B César Cu
C Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
D Modest Mussorgsky
Question #43
A ends with a slow, despairing finale.
B is in the usual four-movement form.
C was left unfinished by the composer.
D has five movements.
Question #44
A studied music theory and violin as a teenager.
B was a child prodigy, learning music at an early age.
C preferred his government position to music.
D began to study music theory at the age of twenty-one.
Question #45
A Russia.
B the Scandinavian countries.
C All answers are correct.
D Poland and Bohemia.
Question #46
A common bonds of language, culture, and history.
B All answers are correct.
C military resistance to Napoleon.
D romanticism, which glorified love for one’s national heritage.
Question #47
A All answers are correct.
B using their national legends as subject matter.
C basing their music on the folk songs of their country.
D using the rhythms of the dances of their homelands.
Question #48
A 1750-1820
B 1820-1900
C 1450-1600
D 1600-1750
