Music 120 - Music Appreciation » Fall 2019 » Quiz 55

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Question #1
Where was Alban Berg born?
A.   Venice
B.   Vienna
C.   Berlin
D.   Paris
Question #2
Alban Berg wrote only one opera, Wozzeck.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
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.   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.   Expressionist
D.   Dadaist
Question #6
Berg’s Wozzeck was inspired by
A.   Wagner’s Ring cycle.
B.   an early Romantic play by Georg Büchner.
C.   Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale.
D.   Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake.
Question #7
Berg’s use of harmony in Wozzeck is strictly atonal.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #8
How did Berg die?
A.   lung cancer
B.   of old age
C.   killed in action during WWII
D.   blood poisoning from an infected insect bite
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.   seeing his best friend murdered.
C.   seeing his child drown.
D.   having killed his lover.
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.   New Viennese School
C.   Kodály School.
D.   Second Viennese 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.   the Doctor and the Captain discovering the murder victim.
D.   Wozzeck’s rehabilitation.
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.   contains lighthearted music setting up the children’s scene.
D.   foreshadows music for the sequel.
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.   modifies tonality to include twelve notes in a scale
B.   is a compositional style developed by twelve modernist composers.
C.   arranges twelve chromatic pitches, each carrying equal weight.
D.   is a form with twelve distinct sections.
Question #16
Which composers are from the so-called First Viennese School?
A.   Schoenberg, Stravinsky, and Berg
B.   Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven
C.   Beethoven, Schubert, and Brahms
D.   Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms
Question #17
Which description does not apply to Berg’s Wozzeck?
A.   post-Impressionist
B.   modernist
C.   avant-garde
D.   Expressionist
Question #18
Which does NOT describe Berg’s musical style?
A.   rooted in German Romanticism
B.   rooted in French Impressionist traditions
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.   Marie is unfaithful to Wozzeck.
B.   Wozzeck cuts Marie’s throat.
C.   Wozzeck drowns.
D.   Wozzeck and Marie get married.
Question #20
Which genre describes Berg’s Wozzeck?
A.   song cycle
B.   symphonic poem
C.   opera
D.   opera buffa

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