Chapter 16: Quiz

" // Questions and Answers number_answers = new Array(5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5) q1="Which of the following is not<\/i> a characteristic of Romanticism?"; q1a="It was a reaction against the strict rules of Classicism."; q1b="It allowed composers to express intense emotions."; q1c="Many Romantics held instrumental music in higher regard than vocal music."; q1d="The main focus was Romantic love."; q1e="none of the above"; q1review=""; q1answer="d"; q2="Mendelssohn's orchestral works portray __________."; q2a="events in Shakespeare plays"; q2b="geographic features of places he visited"; q2c="folk music idioms"; q2d="all of the above"; q2e="none of the above"; q2review=""; q2answer="d"; q3="An orchestral work with a literary or other program, usually in one movement, is called a(n) __________."; q3a="program symphony"; q3b="cyclic symphony"; q3c="symphonic poem"; q3d="idée fixe<\/i>"; q3e="none of the above"; q3review=""; q3answer="c"; q4="Liszt's harmonic language includes what favorite chord?"; q4a="tonic triad"; q4b="dimished triad"; q4c="augmented triad"; q4d="V7 of iii"; q4e="None of the above"; q4review=""; q4answer="c"; q5="What older form does Brahms use in the finale of his Fourth Symphony?"; q5a="pavane and galliard"; q5b="passacaglia/chaconne"; q5c="da capo aria"; q5d="French overture"; q5e="none of the above"; q5review=""; q5answer="b"; q6="What did Berlioz call the recurring theme used in his Symphonie fantastique<\/i>?"; q6a="idée fixe<\/i>"; q6b="cantus firmus"; q6c="Dies irae<\/i>"; q6d="Childe Harold"; q6e="none of the above"; q6review=""; q6answer="a"; q7="Which of the following statements best describes the movements of Romantic symphonies?"; q7a="They are always in four movements with clear breaks and Classical forms."; q7b="They can be in more or less than four movements, which may run together."; q7c="There are no clear breaks between movements, resulting in a single-movement form with many sections."; q7d="They borrow recitative and aria techniques from opera."; q7e="none of the above"; q7review=""; q7answer="b"; q8="Program music is __________."; q8a="instrumental music associated with poetic, descriptive, or narrative subject matter"; q8b="vocal music that comes from medieval epic tales and may be used on dramatic programs"; q8c="any music that has a title not based on its tempo"; q8d="all of the above"; q8e="none of the above"; q8review=""; q8answer="a"; q9="Dvorák's New World<\/i> Symphony __________."; q9a="uses Native American themes"; q9b="uses Negro spirituals as inspiration"; q9c="was composed while he was working in New York"; q9d="all of the above"; q9e="none of the above"; q9review=""; q9answer="d"; q10="Which of the following features indicate Beethoven's influence on nineteenth-century symphonic composition?"; q10a="themes that recur in all or many movements"; q10b="the use of chorus and vocal soloists in some symphonies"; q10c="The symphony grew to grand proportions."; q10d="all of the above"; q10e="none of the above"; q10review=""; q10answer="d"; q11="Which composer worked for twenty years on his First Symphony?"; q11a="Schubert"; q11b="Mendelssohn"; q11c="Berlioz"; q11d="Brahms"; q11e="Bruckner"; q11review=""; q11answer="d"; // End of hiding the script. -->