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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A final cadence in the home key
B two opposing themes are “exposed”
C restatement of themes in the home key
D frequent modulations, wanders through several keys
Question #2
A pianissimo
B crescendo from piano to forte
C alternating between fortissimo and piano
D decrescendo from forte to piano
Question #3
A piccolos
B piano and cello.
C the woodwind section playing pianissimo.
D the brass section.
Question #4
A violin, viola, cello, double bass
B saxophones
C two violins, one viola, one cello (string quartet)
D flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon
Question #7
A Schubert wrote it as a teenager.
B It is written in through-composed form.
C The text is by Goethe.
D All statements are true.
Question #8
A Judy Garland
B “Big Mama” Thornton
C Bessie Smith
D Billie Holiday
Question #9
A False
B True
Question #10
A encouraged African Americans to embrace European traditions.
B was a cultural movement celebrating African American contributions.
C was inspired by fifteenth-century artists and composers.
D funded major renovations to theaters in upper Manhattan.
Question #11
A True
B False
Question #13
A martial and grandiose
B introspective and quiet
C somber and morose
D playful and humorous
Question #14
A Viking ship captain.
B nineteenth-century stage illumination.
C continually repeated rhythm.
D recurring melodic theme that carries specific meaning.
Question #15
A beauties of nature.
B power and greed.
C universal brotherhood.
D romantic love.
Question #16
A lyrical lines; aria
B elegant duet; aria
C patter-like syllabic singing; aria
D quick notes, delivered freely; recitative
Question #17
A The theme in the fourth movement is based on a folksong.
B A sudden loud chord during the slow movement startled the dozing audience.
C The emperor played viola in the first performance.
D The main tune in the second movement is cut short by pauses.
Question #18
A is a multimovement work.
B was a new genre of the Classical era.
C is a work written for an orchestra.
D All answers are correct.
Question #19
A incidental music.
B thematic music.
C program music.
D absolute music.
Question #20
A harpsichord.
B cello.
C double bass.
D violin.
Question #21
A absolute music.
B program music or “sound story”
C song.
D intentional music.
Question #22
A short-short-short-long.
B All answers are correct.
C rhythmic.
D “fate knocking at the door”.
Question #23
A a classical song.
B an overture.
C a symphony.
D not stated.
Question #24
A the main tune rose in the brass.
B a fast tempo.
C an increasingly polyphonic texture.
D All possible answers.
Question #27
Benjamin Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra was written specifically to demonstrate
A different rhythms.
B different timbres in the orchestra.
C different dynamic markings.
D different harmonies.
Question #28
A a blow-by-blow description
B a comprehensive analysis
C a balance between descriptive and personal reactions
D a detailed list of the performers and instruments
Question #29
A first-chair violist.
B first-chair cellist.
C first-chair violinist.
D conductor.
Question #30
A All answers are correct.
B beats time in metrical patterns.
C rehearses the ensemble.
D interprets the music.
Question #31
A Tonality
B Polyphony
C Meter
D Harmony
Question #32
A only a brass section.
B only a reed section.
C a reed section, a brass section, and a rhythm section.
D a reed section and a string section.
Question #33
A strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion
B voice, strings, woodwinds, and brass
C strings, brass, and percussion
D woodwinds, brass, and percussion
Question #34
A rhythm.
B harmony.
C range.
D melody.
