Music 120 - Music Appreciation » Fall 2019 » Quiz 55

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Question #1
Where was Alban Berg born?
A.   Berlin
B.   Vienna
C.   Paris
D.   Venice
Question #2
Alban Berg wrote only one opera, Wozzeck.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #3
Arnold Schoenberg was a student of Alban Berg.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #4
Art is sometimes designed to
A.   shine a light on social problems
B.   evoke ideal beauty.
C.   create a place of inspiration.
D.   All possible answers.
Question #5
Berg’s Wozzeck is considered to be a(n) _____ work.
A.   Dadaist
B.   Impressionist
C.   Expressionist
D.   postmodernist
Question #6
Berg’s Wozzeck was inspired by
A.   Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake.
B.   an early Romantic play by Georg Büchner.
C.   Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale.
D.   Wagner’s Ring cycle.
Question #7
Berg’s use of harmony in Wozzeck is strictly atonal.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #8
How did Berg die?
A.   of old age
B.   blood poisoning from an infected insect bite
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.   seeing his best friend murdered.
C.   having been poisoned by the doctor.
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.   Kodály School.
B.   Second Viennese School.
C.   First Viennese School.
D.   New Viennese School
Question #12
The final scene of Wozzeck revolves around
A.   a confrontation between Wozzeck and the Drum Major.
B.   Wozzeck’s rehabilitation.
C.   the children’s discovery of the murder.
D.   the Doctor and the Captain discovering the murder victim.
Question #13
The orchestral interlude before the last scene in Wozzeck
A.   foreshadows music for the sequel.
B.   contains lighthearted music setting up the children’s scene.
C.   prepares the audience for the wedding scene.
D.   is a passionate lament for the life and death of Wozzeck.
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.   is a compositional style developed by twelve modernist composers.
B.   modifies tonality to include twelve notes in a scale
C.   is a form with twelve distinct sections.
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.   avant-garde
C.   post-Impressionist
D.   modernist
Question #18
Which does NOT describe Berg’s musical style?
A.   leaned toward formal structures of the past
B.   rooted in French Impressionist traditions
C.   drew on twelve-tone system
D.   rooted in German Romanticism
Question #19
Which does not occur in the Wozzeck story line?
A.   Wozzeck drowns.
B.   Wozzeck cuts Marie’s throat.
C.   Marie is unfaithful to Wozzeck.
D.   Wozzeck and Marie get married.
Question #20
Which genre describes Berg’s Wozzeck?
A.   opera
B.   symphonic poem
C.   song cycle
D.   opera buffa

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