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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 love for the actress Harriet Smithson.
C experiences in Rome.
D interest in composing for small, intimate ensembles.
Question #3
A folk music.
B pure music.
C absolute music.
D incidental music.
Question #4
A program music.
B absolute music.
C symphony.
D opera.
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 Paris
B Budapest
C Weimar
D Rome
Question #7
A cellist.
B All answers are correct.
C pianist.
D conductor.
Question #8
A verismo.
B nationalism.
C program music.
D exoticism.
Question #9
A an etude.
B a polonaise.
C a nocturne.
D ein lied.
Question #10
A it takes nearly an hour to perform.
B it is played only by the left hand.
C the left hand plays the main melody.
D the left hand must play rapid passages throughout.
Question #11
A waltz.
B mazurka.
C etude.
D nocturne.
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 All answers are correct.
B earned a good living by teaching piano to the daughters of the rich.
C married the famous writer Aurore Dudevant.
D gave a great number of successful public concerts.
Question #14
A approach of death.
B steadiness of the father.
C joy of the child.
D galloping horse.
Question #15
A symphonies.
B operas.
C piano concertos.
D string quartets.
Question #16
A lied
B chanson
C durchkomponiert
D ballade
Question #17
A solo voice and orchestra.
B solo voice and piano.
C multiple voices.
D All answers are correct.
Question #18
A Frédéric Chopin.
B Niccolò Paganini.
C Robert Schumann.
D Clara Schumann.
Question #19
A Franz Liszt.
B Franz Schubert.
C Hector Berlioz.
D Frédéric Chopin.
Question #20
A A fascination with fantasy
B An enthusiasm for the culture of the Middle Ages
C An emphasis on balance and clarity of structures
D An interest in exoticism and the past
Question #21
A American Revolution
B wages of skilled performers
C French and Indian War
D Napoleonic Wars
Question #22
A the home of Siegfried.
B the magic ring.
C a city in New York State.
D Wotan’s castle.
Question #23
A full and colorful.
B light and simple.
C limited to only the string section.
D subservient to the singers.
Question #24
A lied.
B speech-song.
C leitmotif.
D unending melody.
Question #25
A Richard Wagner
B Arrigo Boito.
C King Ludwig of Bavaria.
D Hans von Bülow.
Question #26
A Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
B Tristan and Isolde
C Fidelio
D Parsifal
Question #27
A fermata.
B ritardando.
C accelerando.
D rubato.
Question #28
A Johannes Brahms.
B Hector Berlioz.
C Ludwig van Beethoven.
D Johann Sebastian Bach.
Question #29
A Dresden.
B Munich.
C Bayreuth.
D Weimar.
Question #30
A La Bohème and Madame Butterfly.
B Madame Butterfly and Turandot.
C Turandot and Manon Lescaut.
D Tosca 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 use of the damper pedal allowed a sonorous blend of tones from all registers of the piano.
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 exoticism.
D Cavalleria rusticana.
Question #34
A Madame Butterfly
B Turandot
C Tosca
D Falstaff
Question #35
A Madame Butterfly.
B Manon Lescaut.
C Turandot.
D La Bohème.
Question #36
A Rigoletto.
B Il Trovatore.
C Aïda.
D Falstaff.
Question #37
A Milan
B Venice
C Florence
D Rome
Question #38
A Ludwig van Beethoven.
B All answers are correct.
C Joseph Haydn.
D Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Question #39
A choral works.
B operas.
C chamber music.
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 larger and more varied in tone color than the classical orchestra.
B ranged from twenty to sixty players.
C was basically the same as in the classical period.
D had a limited dynamic range due to the primitive nature of the brass instruments.
Question #42
A César Cu
B Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
C Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
D Modest Mussorgsky
Question #43
A is in the usual four-movement form.
B has five movements.
C was left unfinished by the composer.
D ends with a slow, despairing finale.
Question #44
A was a child prodigy, learning music at an early age.
B began to study music theory at the age of twenty-one.
C studied music theory and violin as a teenager.
D preferred his government position to music.
Question #45
A Russia.
B Poland and Bohemia.
C All answers are correct.
D the Scandinavian countries.
Question #46
A romanticism, which glorified love for one’s national heritage.
B common bonds of language, culture, and history.
C All answers are correct.
D military resistance to Napoleon.
Question #47
A basing their music on the folk songs of their country.
B using the rhythms of the dances of their homelands.
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
