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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A forms
B rhythms
C tone colors
D harmonies
Question #2
A intense nationalism.
B love for the actress Harriet Smithson.
C interest in composing for small, intimate ensembles.
D experiences in Rome.
Question #3
A incidental music.
B folk music.
C absolute music.
D pure music.
Question #4
A opera.
B program music.
C symphony.
D absolute music.
Question #5
A music that depicts aspects of nature.
B vocal music that tells a story.
C instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene.
D All answers are correct.
Question #6
A Rome
B Paris
C Budapest
D Weimar
Question #7
A cellist.
B All answers are correct.
C conductor.
D pianist.
Question #8
A verismo.
B program music.
C nationalism.
D exoticism.
Question #9
A an etude.
B ein lied.
C a nocturne.
D a polonaise.
Question #10
A it takes nearly an hour to perform.
B the left hand must play rapid passages throughout.
C it is played only by the left hand.
D the left hand plays the main melody.
Question #11
A nocturne.
B waltz.
C etude.
D mazurka.
Question #12
A are exquisite miniatures.
B have a limited variety of moods.
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 galloping horse.
B approach of death.
C joy of the child.
D steadiness of the father.
Question #15
A symphonies.
B piano concertos.
C string quartets.
D operas.
Question #16
A ballade
B durchkomponiert
C chanson
D lied
Question #17
A solo voice and piano.
B multiple voices.
C solo voice and orchestra.
D All answers are correct.
Question #18
A Niccolò Paganini.
B Clara Schumann.
C Frédéric Chopin.
D Robert Schumann.
Question #19
A Franz Schubert.
B Frédéric Chopin.
C Hector Berlioz.
D Franz Liszt.
Question #20
A An emphasis on balance and clarity of structures
B An interest in exoticism and the past
C An enthusiasm for the culture of the Middle Ages
D A fascination with fantasy
Question #21
A American Revolution
B Napoleonic Wars
C French and Indian War
D wages of skilled performers
Question #22
A the home of Siegfried.
B a city in New York State.
C the magic ring.
D Wotan’s castle.
Question #23
A limited to only the string section.
B full and colorful.
C subservient to the singers.
D light and simple.
Question #24
A lied.
B unending melody.
C leitmotif.
D speech-song.
Question #25
A Hans von Bülow.
B Richard Wagner
C King Ludwig of Bavaria.
D Arrigo Boito.
Question #26
A Parsifal
B Tristan and Isolde
C Fidelio
D Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Question #27
A accelerando.
B rubato.
C ritardando.
D fermata.
Question #28
A Johannes Brahms.
B Johann Sebastian Bach.
C Hector Berlioz.
D Ludwig van Beethoven.
Question #29
A Weimar.
B Munich.
C Bayreuth.
D Dresden.
Question #30
A Turandot and Manon Lescaut.
B Tosca and Turandot.
C La Bohème and Madame Butterfly.
D Madame Butterfly and Turandot.
Question #31
A A cast-iron frame was introduced to hold the strings under greater tension.
B The piano’s hammers were covered with felt.
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 Richard Wagner.
B Claudio Monteverdi.
C Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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 Manon Lescaut.
C La Bohème.
D Turandot.
Question #36
A Rigoletto.
B Il Trovatore.
C Aïda.
D Falstaff.
Question #37
A Florence
B Milan
C Venice
D Rome
Question #38
A Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
B Ludwig van Beethoven.
C Joseph Haydn.
D All answers are correct.
Question #39
A choral works.
B operas.
C chamber music.
D art songs.
Question #40
A Antonin Dvořák.
B Franz Liszt.
C Richard Wagner.
D Robert Schumann and his wife Clara.
Question #41
A was basically the same as in the classical period.
B ranged from twenty to sixty players.
C had a limited dynamic range due to the primitive nature of the brass instruments.
D was larger and more varied in tone color than the classical orchestra.
Question #42
A Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
B César Cu
C Modest Mussorgsky
D Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Question #43
A ends with a slow, despairing finale.
B was left unfinished by the composer.
C is in the usual four-movement form.
D has five movements.
Question #44
A began to study music theory at the age of twenty-one.
B was a child prodigy, learning music at an early age.
C studied music theory and violin as a teenager.
D preferred his government position to music.
Question #45
A the Scandinavian countries.
B All answers are correct.
C Poland and Bohemia.
D Russia.
Question #46
A All answers are correct.
B common bonds of language, culture, and history.
C military resistance to Napoleon.
D romanticism, which glorified love for one’s national heritage.
Question #47
A All answers are correct.
B using the rhythms of the dances of their homelands.
C using their national legends as subject matter.
D basing their music on the folk songs of their country.
Question #48
A 1820-1900
B 1600-1750
C 1750-1820
D 1450-1600
