Music 120 - Music Appreciation » Fall 2019 » Quiz 55

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Question #1
Where was Alban Berg born?
A.   Venice
B.   Berlin
C.   Vienna
D.   Paris
Question #2
Alban Berg wrote only one opera, Wozzeck.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #3
Arnold Schoenberg was a student of Alban Berg.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #4
Art is sometimes designed to
A.   evoke ideal beauty.
B.   create a place of inspiration.
C.   shine a light on social problems
D.   All possible answers.
Question #5
Berg’s Wozzeck is considered to be a(n) _____ work.
A.   Impressionist
B.   postmodernist
C.   Dadaist
D.   Expressionist
Question #6
Berg’s Wozzeck was inspired by
A.   Wagner’s Ring cycle.
B.   Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake.
C.   Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale.
D.   an early Romantic play by Georg Büchner.
Question #7
Berg’s use of harmony in Wozzeck is strictly atonal.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #8
How did Berg die?
A.   blood poisoning from an infected insect bite
B.   of old age
C.   killed in action during WWII
D.   lung cancer
Question #9
In Berg’s opera Wozzeck, the main character’s final breakdown is the result of
A.   having killed his lover.
B.   having been poisoned by the doctor.
C.   seeing his best friend murdered.
D.   seeing his child drown.
Question #10
In Wozzeck, the title character has hallucinations and is the subject of experimentation by his superiors.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #11
Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, and Anton Webern are known as the
A.   First Viennese School.
B.   Second Viennese School.
C.   New Viennese School
D.   Kodály School.
Question #12
The final scene of Wozzeck revolves around
A.   the children’s discovery of the murder.
B.   a confrontation between Wozzeck and the Drum Major.
C.   Wozzeck’s rehabilitation.
D.   the Doctor and the Captain discovering the murder victim.
Question #13
The orchestral interlude before the last scene in Wozzeck
A.   is a passionate lament for the life and death of Wozzeck.
B.   prepares the audience for the wedding scene.
C.   foreshadows music for the sequel.
D.   contains lighthearted music setting up the children’s scene.
Question #14
The play that inspired Berg to write Wozzeck is based on gruesome, real-life events.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #15
Twelve-tone technique
A.   modifies tonality to include twelve notes in a scale
B.   arranges twelve chromatic pitches, each carrying equal weight.
C.   is a form with twelve distinct sections.
D.   is a compositional style developed by twelve modernist composers.
Question #16
Which composers are from the so-called First Viennese School?
A.   Schoenberg, Stravinsky, and Berg
B.   Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms
C.   Beethoven, Schubert, and Brahms
D.   Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven
Question #17
Which description does not apply to Berg’s Wozzeck?
A.   post-Impressionist
B.   Expressionist
C.   modernist
D.   avant-garde
Question #18
Which does NOT describe Berg’s musical style?
A.   rooted in German Romanticism
B.   drew on twelve-tone system
C.   leaned toward formal structures of the past
D.   rooted in French Impressionist traditions
Question #19
Which does not occur in the Wozzeck story line?
A.   Wozzeck and Marie get married.
B.   Wozzeck drowns.
C.   Wozzeck cuts Marie’s throat.
D.   Marie is unfaithful to Wozzeck.
Question #20
Which genre describes Berg’s Wozzeck?
A.   opera buffa
B.   symphonic poem
C.   song cycle
D.   opera

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