Music 111 - Music Appreciation » Winter 2023 » Chapter 33 Quiz

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Question #1
Nineteenth-century songwriters in the United States combined elements of:
A.   none of these
B.   both of these
C.   European art song
D.   opera
Question #2
The songs of which nineteenth-century composer remain popular today?
A.   John Philip Sousa
B.   Stephen Foster
C.   Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Question #3
Foster’s My Old Kentucky Home was inspired by:
A.   Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin
B.   his limited visits to the American South
C.   none of these
D.   both of these
Question #4
Foster’s Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is primarily composed in what texture?
A.   heterophonic
B.   homophonic, with some polyphony
C.   monophonic
Question #5
Stephen Foster is known for his ballads, minstrel show tunes, and plantation songs.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #6
Music in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century America was wildly divergent from European traditions.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #7
Stephen Foster’s music was popular only after his death.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #8
The term “popular” means belonging to “the people.”
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #9
The famous American tunes “Oh, Susanna!, Beautiful Dreamer, and Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair all were composed by Harry Burleigh.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #10
Stephen Foster’s music sympathized with the plight of the slaves in the American South.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #11
The music that accompanies the lyrics of “Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair” reflects Foster’s Anglo-Irish cultural heritage.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #12
Stephen Foster enjoyed tremendous financial success in New York City during his thirties.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #13
Stephen Foster’s Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair was inspired by real life experiences.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE

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