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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A final cadence in the home key
B two opposing themes are “exposed”
C restatement of themes in the home key
D frequent modulations, wanders through several keys
Question #2
A crescendo from piano to forte
B pianissimo
C decrescendo from forte to piano
D alternating between fortissimo and piano
Question #3
A the woodwind section playing pianissimo.
B piano and cello.
C piccolos
D the brass section.
Question #4
A violin, viola, cello, double bass
B two violins, one viola, one cello (string quartet)
C flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon
D saxophones
Question #7
A Schubert wrote it as a teenager.
B The text is by Goethe.
C All statements are true.
D It is written in through-composed form.
Question #8
A Billie Holiday
B “Big Mama” Thornton
C Judy Garland
D Bessie Smith
Question #9
A False
B True
Question #10
A was a cultural movement celebrating African American contributions.
B was inspired by fifteenth-century artists and composers.
C funded major renovations to theaters in upper Manhattan.
D encouraged African Americans to embrace European traditions.
Question #11
A False
B True
Question #13
A martial and grandiose
B introspective and quiet
C playful and humorous
D somber and morose
Question #14
A Viking ship captain.
B nineteenth-century stage illumination.
C continually repeated rhythm.
D recurring melodic theme that carries specific meaning.
Question #15
A romantic love.
B power and greed.
C beauties of nature.
D universal brotherhood.
Question #16
A lyrical lines; aria
B elegant duet; aria
C quick notes, delivered freely; recitative
D patter-like syllabic singing; aria
Question #17
A The emperor played viola in the first performance.
B The theme in the fourth movement is based on a folksong.
C The main tune in the second movement is cut short by pauses.
D A sudden loud chord during the slow movement startled the dozing audience.
Question #18
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 #19
A program music.
B thematic music.
C absolute music.
D incidental music.
Question #20
A cello.
B double bass.
C violin.
D harpsichord.
Question #21
A song.
B intentional music.
C absolute music.
D program music or “sound story”
Question #22
A All answers are correct.
B rhythmic.
C “fate knocking at the door”.
D short-short-short-long.
Question #23
A not stated.
B a symphony.
C an overture.
D a classical song.
Question #24
A the main tune rose in the brass.
B All possible answers.
C an increasingly polyphonic texture.
D a fast tempo.
Question #27
Benjamin Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra was written specifically to demonstrate
A different dynamic markings.
B different harmonies.
C different rhythms.
D different timbres in the orchestra.
Question #28
A a detailed list of the performers and instruments
B a blow-by-blow description
C a comprehensive analysis
D a balance between descriptive and personal reactions
Question #29
A conductor.
B first-chair violist.
C first-chair violinist.
D first-chair cellist.
Question #30
A interprets the music.
B rehearses the ensemble.
C beats time in metrical patterns.
D All answers are correct.
Question #31
A Tonality
B Meter
C Polyphony
D Harmony
Question #32
A a reed section, a brass section, and a rhythm section.
B only a reed section.
C a reed section and a string section.
D only a brass section.
Question #33
A strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion
B strings, brass, and percussion
C woodwinds, brass, and percussion
D voice, strings, woodwinds, and brass
Question #34
A melody.
B rhythm.
C range.
D harmony.
