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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A harmonies
B tone colors
C forms
D rhythms
Question #2
A interest in composing for small, intimate ensembles.
B intense nationalism.
C love for the actress Harriet Smithson.
D experiences in Rome.
Question #3
A absolute music.
B pure music.
C folk music.
D incidental music.
Question #4
A opera.
B absolute music.
C program music.
D symphony.
Question #5
A All answers are correct.
B instrumental music associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene.
C vocal music that tells a story.
D music that depicts aspects of nature.
Question #6
A Paris
B Budapest
C Weimar
D Rome
Question #7
A All answers are correct.
B cellist.
C pianist.
D conductor.
Question #8
A nationalism.
B program music.
C exoticism.
D verismo.
Question #9
A an etude.
B ein lied.
C a polonaise.
D a nocturne.
Question #10
A it takes nearly an hour to perform.
B it is played only by the left hand.
C the left hand must play rapid passages throughout.
D the left hand plays the main melody.
Question #11
A mazurka.
B etude.
C waltz.
D nocturne.
Question #12
A have a limited variety of moods.
B are for a wide range of media.
C are exquisite miniatures.
D have literary programs or titles.
Question #13
A earned a good living by teaching piano to the daughters of the rich.
B married the famous writer Aurore Dudevant.
C gave a great number of successful public concerts.
D All answers are correct.
Question #14
A steadiness of the father.
B approach of death.
C galloping horse.
D joy of the child.
Question #15
A string quartets.
B symphonies.
C piano concertos.
D operas.
Question #16
A durchkomponiert
B chanson
C ballade
D lied
Question #17
A solo voice and orchestra.
B All answers are correct.
C multiple voices.
D solo voice and piano.
Question #18
A Niccolò Paganini.
B Frédéric Chopin.
C Robert Schumann.
D Clara Schumann.
Question #19
A Franz Schubert.
B Franz Liszt.
C Frédéric Chopin.
D Hector Berlioz.
Question #20
A An enthusiasm for the culture of the Middle Ages
B An emphasis on balance and clarity of structures
C An interest in exoticism and the past
D A fascination with fantasy
Question #21
A French and Indian War
B Napoleonic Wars
C wages of skilled performers
D American Revolution
Question #22
A a city in New York State.
B the magic ring.
C Wotan’s castle.
D the home of Siegfried.
Question #23
A full and colorful.
B subservient to the singers.
C limited to only the string section.
D light and simple.
Question #24
A unending melody.
B leitmotif.
C lied.
D speech-song.
Question #25
A Arrigo Boito.
B Richard Wagner
C King Ludwig of Bavaria.
D Hans von Bülow.
Question #26
A Fidelio
B Parsifal
C Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
D Tristan and Isolde
Question #27
A rubato.
B accelerando.
C ritardando.
D fermata.
Question #28
A Ludwig van Beethoven.
B Johannes Brahms.
C Hector Berlioz.
D Johann Sebastian Bach.
Question #29
A Bayreuth.
B Munich.
C Weimar.
D Dresden.
Question #30
A Turandot and Manon Lescaut.
B La Bohème and Madame Butterfly.
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 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 A cast-iron frame was introduced to hold the strings under greater tension.
Question #32
A Claudio Monteverdi.
B Richard Wagner.
C Giacomo Puccini.
D Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Question #33
A verismo.
B opera seria.
C Cavalleria rusticana.
D exoticism.
Question #34
A Turandot
B Tosca
C Madame Butterfly
D Falstaff
Question #35
A La Bohème.
B Manon Lescaut.
C Madame Butterfly.
D Turandot.
Question #36
A Aïda.
B Rigoletto.
C Il Trovatore.
D Falstaff.
Question #37
A Venice
B Milan
C Rome
D Florence
Question #38
A Ludwig van Beethoven.
B All answers are correct.
C Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
D Joseph Haydn.
Question #39
A chamber music.
B choral works.
C operas.
D art songs.
Question #40
A Robert Schumann and his wife Clara.
B Antonin Dvořák.
C Franz Liszt.
D Richard Wagner.
Question #41
A had a limited dynamic range due to the primitive nature of the brass instruments.
B was larger and more varied in tone color than the classical orchestra.
C ranged from twenty to sixty players.
D was basically the same as in the classical period.
Question #42
A Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
B Modest Mussorgsky
C César Cu
D Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Question #43
A is in the usual four-movement form.
B ends with a slow, despairing finale.
C was left unfinished by the composer.
D has five movements.
Question #44
A was a child prodigy, learning music at an early age.
B studied music theory and violin as a teenager.
C preferred his government position to music.
D began to study music theory at the age of twenty-one.
Question #45
A All answers are correct.
B Russia.
C the Scandinavian countries.
D Poland and Bohemia.
Question #46
A romanticism, which glorified love for one’s national heritage.
B military resistance to Napoleon.
C common bonds of language, culture, and history.
D All answers are correct.
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 1750-1820
B 1600-1750
C 1450-1600
D 1820-1900
