Chapter 19: Quiz

" // Questions and Answers number_answers = new Array(5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5) q1="Which of the following statements characterizes Mahler's orchestration?"; q1a="He left the details of orchestration to the conductor's discretion."; q1b="His symphonies require large orchestras, but there are many passages of light orchestration."; q1c="He used a very small orchestra made up of unusual instruments or strange combinations of standard instruments."; q1d="He used solo voices and large choruses in all his symphonies."; q1e="none of the above"; q1review=""; q1answer="b"; q2="Mahler's Kindertotenlieder<\/i> and Das Lied von der Erde<\/i> are __________."; q2a="lieder for voice and piano"; q2b="symphonic poems that are the orchestral equivalent of Mendelssohn's Lieder ohne worte<\/i>"; q2c="lieder for voice and orchestra"; q2d="each cycle contains some songs in each of the above categories"; q2e="none of the above"; q2review=""; q2answer="c"; q3="Richard Strauss composed in all but which of the following genres?"; q3a="symphonic poems"; q3b="opera"; q3c="lieder"; q3d="He composed in all of the above genres."; q3e="He did not compose any works in the above genres."; q3review=""; q3answer="d"; q4="The Mighty Five were __________."; q4a="a group of Russian composers who studied folk music and exotic scales together."; q4b="five great Russian operas that inspired composers in other nations to use national folk epics for their operas."; q4c="five students of César Franck who became important composers in France."; q4d="five singers who traveled around Russia singing part-songs based on folk music."; q4e="none of the above"; q4review=""; q4answer="a"; q5="Which of the following describes Musorgsky's approach to harmony?"; q5a="He was inspired by Wagner to use functional harmony with chromatic passages."; q5b="He was influenced by Tchaikovsky to use conventional harmony."; q5c="He used nonfunctional harmony influenced by polyphonic folk singing."; q5d="He attempted to imitate gamelan<\/i> style."; q5e="none of the above"; q5review=""; q5answer="c"; q6="Which of the following did not<\/i> compose nationalistic Czech music?"; q6a="Smetana"; q6b="Dvorák"; q6c="Janácek"; q6d="Grieg"; q6e="none of the above"; q6review=""; q6answer="d"; q7="Jean Sibelius composed orchestral music based on the national epic of __________."; q7a="France"; q7b="Russia"; q7c="Sweden"; q7d="Finland"; q7e="none of the above"; q7review=""; q7answer="d"; q8="Spanish musical styles inspired __________."; q8a="Manuel de Falla"; q8b="Edward Elgar"; q8c="Bedrich Smetana"; q8d="all of the above"; q8e="none of the above"; q8review=""; q8answer="a"; q9="Gabriel Fauré is usually associated with which of the following movements or traditions?"; q9a="Impressionism"; q9b="the French Tradition"; q9c="the Cosmopolitan Tradition"; q9d="Neo-Classicism"; q9e="none of the above"; q9review=""; q9answer="b"; q10="Which of the following influenced Debussy?"; q10a="symbolist poetry"; q10b="impressionism"; q10c="Musorgsky's music"; q10d="all of the above"; q10e="none of the above"; q10review=""; q10answer="d"; q11="Which of the following statements best describes Ravel's approach to orchestration?"; q11a="His orchestration was often so thick that the form and texture were obscured."; q11b="He used orchestral colors such as harmonics and muted instruments."; q11c="His orchestras were huge, often employing thirty or more brass instruments in massive fanfares."; q11d="He used a small Classical orchestra in the tradition of early Haydn."; q11e="none of the above"; q11review=""; q11answer="b"; q12="Mascagni, Leoncavallo, and Puccini composed which type of opera?"; q12a="Verismo<\/i> opera"; q12b="Javanese dance operas accompanied by gamelan"; q12c="nationalistic operas portraying ancient Roman leaders."; q12d="all of the above"; q12e="none of the above"; q12review=""; q12answer="a"; q13="Which of the following is/are used in Debussy's impressionist compositions?"; q13a="chords in parallel motion"; q13b="complex chords, such as sevenths and ninths"; q13c="pentatonic scales"; q13d="all of the above"; q13e="none of the above"; q13review=""; q13answer="d"; q14="Skryabin"; q14a="Russia"; q14b="Finland"; q14c="England"; q14d="France"; q14e="None of the above"; q14review=""; q14answer="a"; q15="Elgar"; q15a="Russia"; q15b="Finland"; q15c="England"; q15d="France"; q15e="None of the above"; q15review=""; q15answer="c"; q16="Franck"; q16a="Russia"; q16b="Finland"; q16c="England"; q16d="France"; q16e="None of the above"; q16review=""; q16answer="d"; q17="Grieg"; q17a="Russia"; q17b="Finland"; q17c="England"; q17d="France"; q17e="None of the above"; q17review=""; q17answer="e"; q18="Glinka"; q18a="Russia"; q18b="Finland"; q18c="England"; q18d="France"; q18e="None of the above"; q18review=""; q18answer="a"; // End of hiding the script. -->