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Question #1

Instrumental music that has some literary or pictorial association is called:

A. program music

B. absolute music

C. aleatoric music

Question #2

Music lacking any literary or pictorial association is called:

A. incidental music

B. absolute music

C. program music

Question #3

The inspiration for Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique was:

A. the composer Clara Schumann

B. the actress Harriet Smithson

C. the writer George Sand

Question #4

The main theme, heard transformed in each movement of the Symphonie fantastique, is called:

A. the Dies irae

B. the idée fixe

C. the subject

Question #5

Which best describes the character of the fourth movement of Symphonie fantastique?

A. a pastoral scene

B. a diabolical march

C. a witches' orgy

Question #6

What does the loud chord immediately after the statement of the idée fixe in the solo clarinet at the end of the fourth movement in Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique represent?

A. the falling of the guillotine’s blade

B. the witches at the composer’s funeral

C. the last image of his beloved

Question #7

In which movement is the Dies irae (Day of Wrath) theme from the Mass for the Dead heard?

A. the fifth

B. the fourth

C. the first

Question #8

Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique exemplifies the type of program music known as:

A. the symphonic poem

B. the program symphony

C. the concert overture

Question #9

Which of the following is NOT true about Hector Berlioz?

A. Some of his works have a literary basis.

B. He was a German Romantic composer.

C. He was a genius at orchestration.

Question #10

The character development in Symfonie fantastique is realized musically through the thematic development of the_______.

A. contrabassoon

B. program

C. idée fixe

Question #11

One of Berlioz’s key innovations was his orchestration effects.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #12

Hector Berlioz looked to the writings of Shakespeare as the basis for both operas and symphonic works.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #13

Music that is designed without intended literary or pictorial meanings is called program music.