Music 120 - Music Appreciation » Fall 2019 » Quiz 55

Need help with your exam preparation?

Existing Quiz Clients Login here
Question #1
Where was Alban Berg born?
A.   Berlin
B.   Venice
C.   Vienna
D.   Paris
Question #2
Alban Berg wrote only one opera, Wozzeck.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #3
Arnold Schoenberg was a student of Alban Berg.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #4
Art is sometimes designed to
A.   evoke ideal beauty.
B.   All possible answers.
C.   shine a light on social problems
D.   create a place of inspiration.
Question #5
Berg’s Wozzeck is considered to be a(n) _____ work.
A.   postmodernist
B.   Impressionist
C.   Dadaist
D.   Expressionist
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.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #8
How did Berg die?
A.   lung cancer
B.   of old age
C.   blood poisoning from an infected insect bite
D.   killed in action during WWII
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.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #11
Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, and Anton Webern are known as the
A.   Second Viennese School.
B.   Kodály School.
C.   First Viennese School.
D.   New Viennese School
Question #12
The final scene of Wozzeck revolves around
A.   Wozzeck’s rehabilitation.
B.   a confrontation between Wozzeck and the Drum Major.
C.   the Doctor and the Captain discovering the murder victim.
D.   the children’s discovery of the murder.
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.   is a passionate lament for the life and death of Wozzeck.
D.   foreshadows music for the sequel.
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.   arranges twelve chromatic pitches, each carrying equal weight.
B.   is a compositional style developed by twelve modernist composers.
C.   modifies tonality to include twelve notes in a scale
D.   is a form with twelve distinct sections.
Question #16
Which composers are from the so-called First Viennese School?
A.   Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven
B.   Beethoven, Schubert, and Brahms
C.   Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms
D.   Schoenberg, Stravinsky, and Berg
Question #17
Which description does not apply to Berg’s Wozzeck?
A.   avant-garde
B.   post-Impressionist
C.   modernist
D.   Expressionist
Question #18
Which does NOT describe Berg’s musical style?
A.   rooted in French Impressionist traditions
B.   drew on twelve-tone system
C.   rooted in German Romanticism
D.   leaned toward formal structures of the past
Question #19
Which does not occur in the Wozzeck story line?
A.   Wozzeck cuts Marie’s throat.
B.   Marie is unfaithful to Wozzeck.
C.   Wozzeck and Marie get married.
D.   Wozzeck drowns.
Question #20
Which genre describes Berg’s Wozzeck?
A.   opera buffa
B.   symphonic poem
C.   song cycle
D.   opera

Need help with your exam preparation?

Existing Quiz Clients Login here