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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 intense nationalism.
B love for the actress Harriet Smithson.
C experiences in Rome.
D interest in composing for small, intimate ensembles.
Question #3
A incidental music.
B absolute music.
C pure music.
D folk music.
Question #4
A symphony.
B opera.
C absolute music.
D program music.
Question #5
A instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene.
B music that depicts aspects of nature.
C All answers are correct.
D vocal music that tells a story.
Question #6
A Paris
B Weimar
C Budapest
D Rome
Question #7
A conductor.
B All answers are correct.
C pianist.
D cellist.
Question #8
A program music.
B nationalism.
C verismo.
D exoticism.
Question #9
A ein lied.
B an etude.
C a polonaise.
D a nocturne.
Question #10
A it is played only by the left hand.
B it takes nearly an hour to perform.
C the left hand plays the main melody.
D the left hand must play rapid passages throughout.
Question #11
A nocturne.
B mazurka.
C waltz.
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 earned a good living by teaching piano to the daughters of the rich.
B gave a great number of successful public concerts.
C All answers are correct.
D married the famous writer Aurore Dudevant.
Question #14
A galloping horse.
B steadiness of the father.
C joy of the child.
D approach of death.
Question #15
A string quartets.
B piano concertos.
C symphonies.
D operas.
Question #16
A durchkomponiert
B lied
C ballade
D chanson
Question #17
A solo voice and piano.
B multiple voices.
C solo voice and orchestra.
D All answers are correct.
Question #18
A Frédéric Chopin.
B Niccolò Paganini.
C Robert Schumann.
D Clara Schumann.
Question #19
A Frédéric Chopin.
B Franz Liszt.
C Franz Schubert.
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 American Revolution
B wages of skilled performers
C Napoleonic Wars
D French and Indian War
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 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 lied.
C leitmotif.
D speech-song.
Question #25
A Hans von Bülow.
B Arrigo Boito.
C King Ludwig of Bavaria.
D Richard Wagner
Question #26
A Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
B Fidelio
C Tristan and Isolde
D Parsifal
Question #27
A ritardando.
B fermata.
C rubato.
D accelerando.
Question #28
A Ludwig van Beethoven.
B Johann Sebastian Bach.
C Hector Berlioz.
D Johannes Brahms.
Question #29
A Weimar.
B Munich.
C Dresden.
D Bayreuth.
Question #30
A Turandot and Manon Lescaut.
B La Bohème and Madame Butterfly.
C Madame Butterfly and Turandot.
D Tosca and Turandot.
Question #31
A The use of the damper pedal allowed a sonorous blend of tones from all registers of the piano.
B A cast-iron frame was introduced to hold the strings under greater tension.
C The piano’s hammers were covered with felt.
D The piano’s range remained basically the same as in the classical period.
Question #32
A Claudio Monteverdi.
B Giacomo Puccini.
C Richard Wagner.
D Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Question #33
A opera seria.
B exoticism.
C verismo.
D Cavalleria rusticana.
Question #34
A Turandot
B Tosca
C Falstaff
D Madame Butterfly
Question #35
A Madame Butterfly.
B La Bohème.
C Manon Lescaut.
D Turandot.
Question #36
A Falstaff.
B Il Trovatore.
C Aïda.
D Rigoletto.
Question #37
A Venice
B Florence
C Rome
D Milan
Question #38
A Joseph Haydn.
B Ludwig van Beethoven.
C Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
D All answers are correct.
Question #39
A art songs.
B chamber music.
C choral works.
D operas.
Question #40
A Franz Liszt.
B Richard Wagner.
C Robert Schumann and his wife Clara.
D Antonin Dvořák.
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 ranged from twenty to sixty players.
D had a limited dynamic range due to the primitive nature of the brass instruments.
Question #42
A César Cu
B Modest Mussorgsky
C Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
D Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Question #43
A ends with a slow, despairing finale.
B is in the usual four-movement form.
C was left unfinished by the composer.
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 preferred his government position to music.
D was a child prodigy, learning music at an early age.
Question #45
A Poland and Bohemia.
B Russia.
C All answers are correct.
D the Scandinavian countries.
Question #46
A romanticism, which glorified love for one’s national heritage.
B military resistance to Napoleon.
C common bonds of language, culture, and history.
D All answers are correct.
Question #47
A All answers are correct.
B basing their music on the folk songs of their country.
C using the rhythms of the dances of their homelands.
D using their national legends as subject matter.
Question #48
A 1600-1750
B 1450-1600
C 1750-1820
D 1820-1900
