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