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