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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A rhythms
B harmonies
C tone colors
D forms
Question #2
A love for the actress Harriet Smithson.
B interest in composing for small, intimate ensembles.
C experiences in Rome.
D intense nationalism.
Question #3
A pure music.
B folk music.
C incidental music.
D absolute music.
Question #4
A program music.
B absolute music.
C symphony.
D opera.
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 Paris
B Rome
C Weimar
D Budapest
Question #7
A pianist.
B conductor.
C All answers are correct.
D cellist.
Question #8
A exoticism.
B nationalism.
C program music.
D verismo.
Question #9
A an etude.
B a nocturne.
C a polonaise.
D ein lied.
Question #10
A it takes nearly an hour to perform.
B the left hand plays the main melody.
C the left hand must play rapid passages throughout.
D it is played only by the left hand.
Question #11
A etude.
B nocturne.
C waltz.
D mazurka.
Question #12
A have a limited variety of moods.
B have literary programs or titles.
C are for a wide range of media.
D are exquisite miniatures.
Question #13
A All answers are correct.
B earned a good living by teaching piano to the daughters of the rich.
C gave a great number of successful public concerts.
D married the famous writer Aurore Dudevant.
Question #14
A galloping horse.
B joy of the child.
C approach of death.
D steadiness of the father.
Question #15
A symphonies.
B string quartets.
C piano concertos.
D operas.
Question #16
A durchkomponiert
B lied
C ballade
D chanson
Question #17
A solo voice and piano.
B All answers are correct.
C multiple voices.
D solo voice and orchestra.
Question #18
A Frédéric Chopin.
B Robert Schumann.
C Clara Schumann.
D Niccolò Paganini.
Question #19
A Franz Liszt.
B Frédéric Chopin.
C Hector Berlioz.
D Franz Schubert.
Question #20
A An emphasis on balance and clarity of structures
B An enthusiasm for the culture of the Middle Ages
C A fascination with fantasy
D An interest in exoticism and the past
Question #21
A wages of skilled performers
B Napoleonic Wars
C French and Indian War
D American Revolution
Question #22
A a city in New York State.
B Wotan’s castle.
C the magic ring.
D the home of Siegfried.
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 speech-song.
D leitmotif.
Question #25
A Richard Wagner
B King Ludwig of Bavaria.
C Hans von Bülow.
D Arrigo Boito.
Question #26
A Tristan and Isolde
B Parsifal
C Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
D Fidelio
Question #27
A fermata.
B rubato.
C ritardando.
D accelerando.
Question #28
A Ludwig van Beethoven.
B Johann Sebastian Bach.
C Johannes Brahms.
D Hector Berlioz.
Question #29
A Munich.
B Weimar.
C Dresden.
D Bayreuth.
Question #30
A Madame Butterfly and Turandot.
B La Bohème and Madame Butterfly.
C Tosca and Turandot.
D Turandot and Manon Lescaut.
Question #31
A The piano’s range remained basically the same as in the classical period.
B The use of the damper pedal allowed a sonorous blend of tones from all registers of the piano.
C The piano’s hammers were covered with felt.
D A cast-iron frame was introduced to hold the strings under greater tension.
Question #32
A Claudio Monteverdi.
B Giacomo Puccini.
C Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
D Richard Wagner.
Question #33
A opera seria.
B verismo.
C Cavalleria rusticana.
D exoticism.
Question #34
A Turandot
B Tosca
C Falstaff
D Madame Butterfly
Question #35
A Turandot.
B Madame Butterfly.
C Manon Lescaut.
D La Bohème.
Question #36
A Il Trovatore.
B Aïda.
C Falstaff.
D Rigoletto.
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 art songs.
B operas.
C choral works.
D chamber music.
Question #40
A Richard Wagner.
B Franz Liszt.
C Robert Schumann and his wife Clara.
D Antonin Dvořák.
Question #41
A was larger and more varied in tone color than the classical orchestra.
B had a limited dynamic range due to the primitive nature of the brass instruments.
C ranged from twenty to sixty players.
D was basically the same as in the classical period.
Question #42
A Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
B Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
C César Cu
D Modest Mussorgsky
Question #43
A is in the usual four-movement form.
B has five movements.
C ends with a slow, despairing finale.
D was left unfinished by the composer.
Question #44
A preferred his government position to music.
B began to study music theory at the age of twenty-one.
C studied music theory and violin as a teenager.
D was a child prodigy, learning music at an early age.
Question #45
A All answers are correct.
B Poland and Bohemia.
C the Scandinavian countries.
D Russia.
Question #46
A romanticism, which glorified love for one’s national heritage.
B All answers are correct.
C military resistance to Napoleon.
D common bonds of language, culture, and history.
Question #47
A basing their music on the folk songs of their country.
B All answers are correct.
C using the rhythms of the dances of their homelands.
D using their national legends as subject matter.
Question #48
A 1750-1820
B 1600-1750
C 1820-1900
D 1450-1600
