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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A forms
B rhythms
C harmonies
D tone colors
Question #2
A intense nationalism.
B experiences in Rome.
C love for the actress Harriet Smithson.
D interest in composing for small, intimate ensembles.
Question #3
A pure music.
B absolute music.
C folk music.
D incidental music.
Question #4
A absolute music.
B symphony.
C opera.
D program music.
Question #5
A vocal music that tells a story.
B music that depicts aspects of nature.
C All answers are correct.
D instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene.
Question #6
A Paris
B Rome
C Budapest
D Weimar
Question #7
A cellist.
B conductor.
C pianist.
D All answers are correct.
Question #8
A program music.
B exoticism.
C verismo.
D nationalism.
Question #9
A an etude.
B a nocturne.
C ein lied.
D a polonaise.
Question #10
A it is played only by the left hand.
B the left hand plays the main melody.
C it takes nearly an hour to perform.
D the left hand must play rapid passages throughout.
Question #11
A waltz.
B mazurka.
C etude.
D nocturne.
Question #12
A are exquisite miniatures.
B have literary programs or titles.
C have a limited variety of moods.
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 married the famous writer Aurore Dudevant.
C All answers are correct.
D gave a great number of successful public concerts.
Question #14
A approach of death.
B galloping horse.
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 durchkomponiert
B ballade
C lied
D chanson
Question #17
A solo voice and piano.
B solo voice and orchestra.
C All answers are correct.
D multiple voices.
Question #18
A Niccolò Paganini.
B Robert Schumann.
C Clara Schumann.
D Frédéric Chopin.
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 American Revolution
C French and Indian War
D Napoleonic Wars
Question #22
A a city in New York State.
B the home of Siegfried.
C the magic ring.
D Wotan’s castle.
Question #23
A subservient to the singers.
B limited to only the string section.
C light and simple.
D full and colorful.
Question #24
A unending melody.
B speech-song.
C lied.
D leitmotif.
Question #25
A Hans von Bülow.
B Richard Wagner
C Arrigo Boito.
D King Ludwig of Bavaria.
Question #26
A Parsifal
B Fidelio
C Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
D Tristan and Isolde
Question #27
A fermata.
B ritardando.
C accelerando.
D rubato.
Question #28
A Johann Sebastian Bach.
B Hector Berlioz.
C Johannes Brahms.
D Ludwig van Beethoven.
Question #29
A Bayreuth.
B Weimar.
C Munich.
D Dresden.
Question #30
A La Bohème and Madame Butterfly.
B Turandot and Manon Lescaut.
C Tosca and Turandot.
D Madame Butterfly and Turandot.
Question #31
A The piano’s range remained basically the same as in the classical period.
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 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 Giacomo Puccini.
D Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Question #33
A exoticism.
B opera seria.
C verismo.
D Cavalleria rusticana.
Question #34
A Tosca
B Falstaff
C Turandot
D Madame Butterfly
Question #35
A Madame Butterfly.
B La Bohème.
C Turandot.
D Manon Lescaut.
Question #36
A Aïda.
B Rigoletto.
C Il Trovatore.
D Falstaff.
Question #37
A Florence
B Venice
C Rome
D Milan
Question #38
A Joseph Haydn.
B All answers are correct.
C Ludwig van Beethoven.
D Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Question #39
A chamber music.
B operas.
C art songs.
D choral works.
Question #40
A Franz Liszt.
B Richard Wagner.
C Antonin Dvořák.
D Robert Schumann and his wife Clara.
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 Modest Mussorgsky
B César Cu
C Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
D Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Question #43
A was left unfinished by the composer.
B is in the usual four-movement form.
C ends with a slow, despairing finale.
D has five movements.
Question #44
A studied music theory and violin as a teenager.
B began to study music theory at the age of twenty-one.
C was a child prodigy, learning music at an early age.
D preferred his government position to music.
Question #45
A Poland and Bohemia.
B All answers are correct.
C the Scandinavian countries.
D Russia.
Question #46
A common bonds of language, culture, and history.
B military resistance to Napoleon.
C romanticism, which glorified love for one’s national heritage.
D All answers are correct.
Question #47
A using the rhythms of the dances of their homelands.
B basing their music on the folk songs of their country.
C using their national legends as subject matter.
D All answers are correct.
Question #48
A 1450-1600
B 1820-1900
C 1600-1750
D 1750-1820
