Music 120 - Music Appreciation » Fall 2019 » Quiz 55

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Question #1
Where was Alban Berg born?
A.   Paris
B.   Venice
C.   Vienna
D.   Berlin
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.   evoke ideal beauty.
B.   create a place of inspiration.
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.   Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale.
C.   an early Romantic play by Georg Büchner.
D.   Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake.
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.   lung cancer
D.   killed in action during WWII
Question #9
In Berg’s opera Wozzeck, the main character’s final breakdown is the result of
A.   seeing his child drown.
B.   seeing his best friend murdered.
C.   having killed his lover.
D.   having been poisoned by the doctor.
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.   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.   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 form with twelve distinct sections.
C.   arranges twelve chromatic pitches, each carrying equal weight.
D.   is a compositional style developed by twelve modernist composers.
Question #16
Which composers are from the so-called First Viennese School?
A.   Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms
B.   Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven
C.   Schoenberg, Stravinsky, and Berg
D.   Beethoven, Schubert, and Brahms
Question #17
Which description does not apply to Berg’s Wozzeck?
A.   Expressionist
B.   post-Impressionist
C.   modernist
D.   avant-garde
Question #18
Which does NOT describe Berg’s musical style?
A.   rooted in French Impressionist traditions
B.   drew on twelve-tone system
C.   leaned toward formal structures of the past
D.   rooted in German Romanticism
Question #19
Which does not occur in the Wozzeck story line?
A.   Marie is unfaithful to Wozzeck.
B.   Wozzeck and Marie get married.
C.   Wozzeck cuts Marie’s throat.
D.   Wozzeck drowns.
Question #20
Which genre describes Berg’s Wozzeck?
A.   song cycle
B.   symphonic poem
C.   opera buffa
D.   opera

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