Music 120 - Music Appreciation » Fall 2019 » Quiz 55

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Question #1
Where was Alban Berg born?
A.   Vienna
B.   Venice
C.   Paris
D.   Berlin
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.   All possible answers.
B.   evoke ideal beauty.
C.   create a place of inspiration.
D.   shine a light on social problems
Question #5
Berg’s Wozzeck is considered to be a(n) _____ work.
A.   Impressionist
B.   Expressionist
C.   Dadaist
D.   postmodernist
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.   of old age
C.   blood poisoning from an infected insect bite
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 child drown.
D.   seeing his best friend murdered.
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.   Kodály School.
B.   Second Viennese School.
C.   New Viennese School
D.   First Viennese School.
Question #12
The final scene of Wozzeck revolves around
A.   the Doctor and the Captain discovering the murder victim.
B.   a confrontation between Wozzeck and the Drum Major.
C.   the children’s discovery of the murder.
D.   Wozzeck’s rehabilitation.
Question #13
The orchestral interlude before the last scene in Wozzeck
A.   contains lighthearted music setting up the children’s scene.
B.   prepares the audience for the wedding scene.
C.   foreshadows music for the sequel.
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.   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.   Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms
D.   Beethoven, Schubert, and Brahms
Question #17
Which description does not apply to Berg’s Wozzeck?
A.   post-Impressionist
B.   Expressionist
C.   avant-garde
D.   modernist
Question #18
Which does NOT describe Berg’s musical style?
A.   drew on twelve-tone system
B.   rooted in German Romanticism
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 drowns.
B.   Marie is unfaithful to Wozzeck.
C.   Wozzeck and Marie get married.
D.   Wozzeck cuts Marie’s throat.
Question #20
Which genre describes Berg’s Wozzeck?
A.   song cycle
B.   opera
C.   opera buffa
D.   symphonic poem

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