Music 111 - Music Appreciation » Winter 2023 » Chapter 14 Reading Quiz.

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Question #1
Johann Sebastian Bach had an international career.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #2
Bach wrote in most Baroque genres, except chamber music.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #3
While in Leipzig, Bach was responsible for directing the university music
A.   True
B.   False
Question #4
Bach spent the last several decades of his life working in which German city?
A.   Cöthen
B.   Weimar
C.   Leipzig
Question #5
For which religious figures did Bach title his two most important Passions?
A.   Matthew and John 
B.   Matthew and Mark
C.   Luke and John
Question #6
What denomination was Bach?
A.   Roman Catholic
B.   Church of England
C.   Lutheran
Question #7
In what ways was Bach improvisatory?
A.   he was a master at making up music on the spot
B.   he had a temper that easily flared up
C.   his music was full of passion and pathos
Question #8
A Lutheran cantata is made up of arias, recitatives, and______.
A.   choruses
B.   a cappella movements
C.   vivid costuming
Question #9
In the Lutheran tradition, the cantata was performed along with the Gospel reading, sermon, and prayers on:
A.   only Easter
B.   only Christmas
C.   most Sundays of the church year
Question #10
Many of Bach's cantatas are elaborations of Protestant chorale or hymn tunes.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #11
Some of Bach's cantatas were intended for devotional use.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #12
Cantatas are single-movement works.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #13
Reformers Martin Luther and John Calvin believed only priests who were trained singers should participate in church music making.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #14
Which is NOT a well-known keyboard work by Bach?
A.   Water Music
B.   Art of Fugue
C.   Well-Tempered Clavier
Question #15
A type of music in which a single theme is heard and then develops and expands into other voices is known as a:
A.   cantata
B.   fugue
C.   prelude
Question #16
The main theme of a fugue is known as the:
A.   episode
B.   subject
C.   fugato
Question #17
How many preludes and fugues make up the collection entitled The Well-Tempered Clavier?
A.   48
B.   24
C.   12
D.   60
Question #18
Which is NOT an important keyboard instrument in the Baroque era?
A.   Organ
B.   Piano
C.   Harpsichord
D.   Clavichord
Question #19
Which section of the fugue alternates and does not present the subject?
A.   coda
B.   episode
C.   exposition
Question #20
In which era would one hear mostly polyphonic textures?
A.   Medieval Era
B.   Classical Era
C.   Late Baroque
D.   Early Baroque
Question #21
How many kids did Johann Sebastian Bach have?
A.   5
B.   15
C.   10
D.   20
Question #22
What was Bach's last major work written for the keyboard?
A.   Art of the Fugue
B.   Contrafunctus IV
C.   This Little Light of Mine
D.   Well-Tempered Clavier
Question #23
Which Baroque keyboard instrument had strings that were plucked by quills?
A.   clavichord
B.   harpsichord
C.   organ
D.   piano
Question #24
The first section of a fugue is called the:
A.   exposition
B.   episode
C.   opening
Question #25
A melody that is stated backward is said to be in:
A.   augmentation
B.   retrograde
C.   dimunition
Question #26
Bach’s most comprehensive example of contrapuntal writing is his Art of Fugue.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #27
The piano was the most popular Baroque keyboard instrument.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #28
The toccata and fugue is a highly virtuosic form.
A.   True
B.   False

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