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