Chapter 15: Quiz

" // Questions and Answers number_answers = new Array(5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5) q1="Which of the following works does not<\/i> belong to Beethoven's first creative period?"; q1a="the Pathétique<\/i> Sonata"; q1b="the String Quartets Op. 18"; q1c="the Second Symphony"; q1d="the Missa Solemnis<\/i>"; q1e="none of the above"; q1review=""; q1answer="d"; q2="The slow movement of Beethoven's Eroica<\/i> symphony __________."; q2a="is in sonata form"; q2b="is in rondo form"; q2c="recalls funeral marches from revolutionary France"; q2d="is programmatic, evoking a pastoral scene by a brook"; q2e="none of the above"; q2review=""; q2answer="c"; q3="Which of the following is not<\/i> true of Beethoven's Fidelio<\/i>?"; q3a="It is a rescue opera."; q3b="Its heroine is named Leonore."; q3c="It shares a revolutionary spirit and theme with the Eroica<\/i> Symphony."; q3d="It was revised several times before becoming successful"; q3e="None of the above"; q3review=""; q3answer="e"; q4="What composer's works served as the primary model for Beethoven's first set of string quartets?"; q4a="Haydn"; q4b="Mozart"; q4c="Clementi"; q4d="Archduke Rudolf"; q4e="none of the above"; q4review=""; q4answer="a"; q5="Which composer's works served as models for the choral movements in Beethoven's Missa solemnis<\/i>?"; q5a="Mozart"; q5b="J. S. Bach"; q5c="Handel"; q5d="Haydn"; q5e="None of the above"; q5review=""; q5answer="c"; q6="Which of the following is not<\/i> a characteristic of Beethoven's late period?"; q6a="fondness for variation form"; q6b="unconventional numbers of movements in multimovement works"; q6c="contemplative quality"; q6d="imitation of Haydn's more whimsical works"; q6e="none of the above"; q6review=""; q6answer="d"; q7="Beethoven's first teacher was __________."; q7a="his father"; q7b="Haydn"; q7c="Mozart"; q7d="Dussek"; q7e="none of the above"; q7review=""; q7answer="a"; q8="During his early and middle creative periods, Beethoven earned a living through which of these means?"; q8a="concertizing on the piano"; q8b="publishing his works"; q8c="teaching piano lessons"; q8d="all of the above"; q8e="none of the above"; q8review=""; q8answer="d"; q9="The composer of the theme to which Beethoven composed a famous set of variations"; q9a="Napoleon"; q9b="Diabelli"; q9c="Lichnowsky"; q9d="Schiller"; q9e="None of the above"; q9review=""; q9answer="b"; q10="The author of "Ode to Joy""; q10a="Napoleon"; q10b="Diabelli"; q10c="Lichnowsky"; q10d="Schiller"; q10e="None of the above"; q10review=""; q10answer="d"; q11="A patron who allowed Beethoven to live in one of his houses"; q11a="Napoleon"; q11b="Diabelli"; q11c="Lichnowsky"; q11d="Schiller"; q11e="None of the above"; q11review=""; q11answer="c"; q12="The person to whom Beethoven dedicated his Opus 59 string quartets"; q12a="Napoleon"; q12b="Diabelli"; q12c="Lichnowsky"; q12d="Schiller"; q12e="None of the above"; q12review=""; q12answer="e"; q13="When Beethoven realized he was going deaf, he wrote __________."; q13a="his last symphony"; q13b="the Heiligenstadt Testament"; q13c="a letter to Antonie Brentano"; q13d="his autobiography"; q13e="none of the above"; q13review=""; q13answer="b"; q14="What aspect(s) of the Ninth Symphony was/were unusual?"; q14a="the use of chorus in the final movement"; q14b="having recitative passages in instrumental sections"; q14c="the use of solo voice in the final movement"; q14d="all of the above"; q14e="none of the above"; q14review=""; q14answer="d"; q15="Which of these statements best describes Beethoven's approach to harmony?"; q15a="He used only closely related keys (dominant, relative major, etc.) in all sections, with very little chromaticism."; q15b="He used closely related keys often but sometimes used more distant keys (parallel major or minor, VI or III when not a relative major), with very little chromaticism."; q15c="He used unrelated keys with shocking dissonances"; q15d="all of the above"; q15e="none of the above"; q15review=""; q15answer="b"; // End of hiding the script. -->