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