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Quiz 10 Midterm Examination

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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:

Question #1
A  Short Ride in a Fast Machine
B  Concerto Grosso 1985
C  Poème électronique
D  4’33”
E  Marco Polo
Question #2
A  twelve-tone composition
B  Cubism
C  chance music
D  Expressionism
E  Minimalism
Question #6
A  all of these
B  characterized by the incessant repetition of brief motives
C  the reality of an object is replaced by the emotion it generates in the artist; it emphasizes the emotional states of anxiety and fear
D  pitch, dynamics, and rhythm are organized according to a predetermined and continually repeating pattern
E  angular melody and discontinuous rhythm parallel the visual style of dislocating an object’s true form into geometrical blocks and planes
Question #9
A  chromatic dissonance
B  tone clusters
C  all of these
D  new chords like the ninth and eleventh chords
Question #10
A  prepared piano
B  octave displacement
C  double counterpoint
D  atonal music
E  polyrhythm
Question #12
A  :0:mariachi
B  :0:bolero
C  :0:habanera
D  :0:samba
E  :100:bossa nova
Question #14
A  the cantor of the mosque
B  the call to prayer
C  the loudspeakers of the mosque
D  a verse of the Koran
E  the tall tower of the mosque
Question #16
A  interlocking style
B  raga
C  ma
D  tala
E  kebyar
Question #17
A  Gagaku
B  Klezmer
C  all of these
D  Mariachi
E  the gamelan
Question #19
A  Tahiti
B  Japan
C  Korea
D  Correct!
E  Indonesia
F  the Solomons
Question #20
A  Kurt Cobain
B  Muddy Waters
C  Jimi Hendrix
D  Elvis Presley
E  Bob Dylan
Question #21
A  guitar
B  drums
C  horns
D  piano
E  synthesizer
Question #24
A  John Lennon
B  James Brown
C  Michael Jackson
D  Ray Charles
E  Berry Gordy
Question #25
A  punk rock
B  rap
C  grunge
D  New Wave
E  doo-wop
Question #26
A  George Gershwin
B  John Williams
C  Leonard Bernstein
D  Steven Sondheim
E  Aaron Copland
Question #27
A  Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
B  Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities
C  Shakespeare’s Hamlet
D  Voltaire’s Candide
E  Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
Question #29
A  Detroit
B  Denver
C  New York City
D  Chicago
E  New Orleans
Question #32
A  melodies mostly melancholy ballades
B  a rich variety of chromatic chords provide colorful accompaniment to the mournful texts
C  texts tend to emphasize love and the disappointments of life
D  originally sung by a solo voice or voice accompanied by a fiddle, dulcimer, or banjo
Question #33
A  swing
B  postmodernism
C  fusion
D  symphonic jazz
E  ragtime
Question #36
A  Postmodern
B  Middle Ages
C  Romantic
D  Impressionist
E  Modern
Question #37
A  Josquin, Palestrina, Byrd, Lasso, Weelkes
B  Bach, Handel, Pachelbel, Vivaldi
C  Berlioz, Chopin, Wagner, Brahms, Tchaikovsky
D  Mozart Haydn, Beethoven, Shubert
E  Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Prokofiev, Copland
Question #38
A  Romantic, Impressionist
B  Baroque, Classic
C  Classic, Romantic
D  Renaissance, Baroque
E  Renaissance, Impressionist
Question #39
A  Baroque
B  Romantic
C  Classical
D  Impressionist
E  Renaissance
Question #40
A  Renaissance
B  Classical
C  Baroque
D  Impressionist
E  Romantic
Question #41
A  cadenza
B  counterpoint
C  syncopation
D  ostinato
E  timbre
Question #42
A  a chord consisting of three pitches and two intervals of a third
B  a distinctive motive that is sung or played in turn by each voice or instrumental line
C  a rapid alternation of two neighboring pitches
D  a sound with a definite, consistent pitch
E  a musical tremor produced on a string instrument by repeating the same pitch with quick up and down strokes of the bow
Question #43
A  polyphony
B  strophic
C  harmony
D  homophony
E  monophony
Question #45
A  texture
B  homophony
C  crescendo
D  ostinato
E  dynamics
Question #46
A  mute
B  sforzando
C  glissando
D  pizzicato
Question #47
A  polychord
B  arpeggio
C  chromatic
D  subdominant
E  dominant
Question #49
A  tempo
B  consonance
C  rhythm
D  meter signature
E  measure
Question #50
A  accent
B  harmony
C  rhythm
D  syncopation
E  meter
Question #51
A  tonality
B  motive
C  mode
D  key
E  interval
Question #52
A  bar
B  phrase
C  meter signature
D  downbeat
E  syncopation
Question #53
A  peace and tranquility
B  rhythm
C  tension and anxiety
D  pleasure and security
E  nothing
Question #55
A  modulation
B  canon
C  cadence
D  accent
E  timbre
Question #56
A  all of these
B  accent
C  beat
D  allegro
E  tempo
Question #64
A  pizzicato
B  crescendo
C  motive
D  movement
E  chord
Question #65
A  The orchestral ensemble that plays symphonies.
B  The repeat of a piece demanded by an appreciative audience.
C  A large, independent section of a major instrumental work.
D  A short, distinctive melodic figure that stands by itself.
E  The process whereby a performer plucks the strings of an instrument rather than bowing them.