Chapter 22: 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) q1="What was the primary type of sacred music in New England during the Colonial period?"; q1a="anthem"; q1b="psalm setting"; q1c="cantata"; q1d="polyphonic Mass"; q1e="none of the above"; q1review=""; q1answer="b"; q2="The first professor of music at Harvard university was __________."; q2a="William Billings"; q2b="John Knowles Paine"; q2c="Paul Hindemith"; q2d="Antonin Dvorák"; q2e="none of the above"; q2review=""; q2answer="b"; q3="Which of the following lists is in the correct chronological order?"; q3a="bebop, blues, New Orleans jazz, big band"; q3b="New Orleans jazz, big band, blues, bebop"; q3c="blues, New Orleans jazz, big Band, bebop"; q3d="blues, bebop, big band, New Orleans jazz"; q3e="New Orleans jazz, blues, big band, bebop"; q3review=""; q3answer="c"; q4="Which of the following is not<\/i> a basic characteristic of jazz?"; q4a="improvisation"; q4b="a rhythm section usually consisting of piano, bass, and drums"; q4c="lyrics about lost love or a lost job"; q4d="All of the above are characteristics of jazz."; q4e="None of the above is a characteristic of jazz."; q4review=""; q4answer="c"; q5="Charles Ives made his living in what profession?"; q5a="teaching composition at an ivy league university"; q5b="composer-in-residence for the Boston Symphony"; q5c="insurance"; q5d="he was independently wealthy and never worked at a real job"; q5e="none of the above"; q5review=""; q5answer="c"; q6="Ives's music makes extensive use of what technique(s)?"; q6a="quotation"; q6b="polytonality"; q6c="program music"; q6d="all of the above"; q6e="none of the above"; q6review=""; q6answer="d"; q7="The composer whose piano works sometimes required the performer to strum the piano's strings is __________."; q7a="Charles Ives"; q7b="Henry Cowell"; q7c="George Gershwin"; q7d="Edgard Varèse"; q7e="none of the above"; q7review=""; q7answer="b"; q8="Which of the following does not<\/i> characterize Aaron Copland's nationalistic music?"; q8a="simple, diatonic harmonies"; q8b="use of folk and traditional songs"; q8c="wide spacing of chords and open fifths and octaves"; q8d="all of the above are characteristics of Copland's music"; q8e="none of the above is a characteristic of Copland's music"; q8review=""; q8answer="d"; q9="Which of these composers did not<\/i> combine American folk music or popular music styles with European art music?"; q9a="George Gershwin"; q9b="Duke Ellington"; q9c="William Grant Still"; q9d="Walter Piston"; q9e="none of the above"; q9review=""; q9answer="d"; q10="Metric modulation is __________."; q10a="Elliott Carter's term for using meter changes to create gradual changes in tempo"; q10b="Milton Babbitt's term for any change of meter that marks a new section of a work"; q10c="a technique of Indian music that was adapted by many American minimalist composers"; q10d="all of the above"; q10e="none of the above"; q10review=""; q10answer="a"; q11="Which of the following was the main system of patronage for composers in mid-twentieth century America?"; q11a="private patronage"; q11b="professional symphony orchestras"; q11c="universities"; q11d="government support"; q11e="none of the above"; q11review=""; q11answer="c"; q12="Which composer most inspired American serialists?"; q12a="Anton Webern"; q12b="Alban Berg"; q12c="Baude Cordier"; q12d="all of the above"; q12e="none of the above"; q12review=""; q12answer="a"; q13="Composers who used electronic equipment include __________."; q13a="Copland, Tower, Zwilich"; q13b="Nancarrow, Ives, Partch"; q13c="Babbitt, Reich, Varèse"; q13d="Schuller, Schuman, Still"; q13e="none of the above"; q13review=""; q13answer="c"; q14="John Cage is known for his use of which these techniques?"; q14a="random pitches generated by the I Ching<\/i>"; q14b="quotation of earlier composers' music"; q14c="total serialism, with all aspects of the composition strictly controlled"; q14d="all of the above"; q14e="none of the above"; q14review=""; q14answer="a"; q15="The sources of minimalism include __________."; q15a="Indian raga music"; q15b="experimentation with tape loops"; q15c="trends in art in New York"; q15d="all of the above"; q15e="none of the above"; q15review=""; q15answer="d"; q16="Post-modernism in music can be defined as __________."; q16a="use of non-Western traditional music for inspiration"; q16b="an attitude that permits the use and quotation of historical music from any period"; q16c="a reaction against the notion of continuous development of music history"; q16d="all of the above"; q16e="none of the above"; q16review=""; q16answer="d"; q17="An example of a post-modern composer is __________."; q17a="John Cage"; q17b="Milton Babbitt"; q17c="La Monte Young"; q17d="George Rochberg"; q17e="none of the above"; q17review=""; q17answer="d"; // End of hiding the script. -->