Music 120 - Music Appreciation » Fall 2019 » Quiz 55

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

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