Music 120 - Music Appreciation » Fall 2019 » Quiz 55

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Question #1
Where was Alban Berg born?
A.   Venice
B.   Vienna
C.   Paris
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.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #4
Art is sometimes designed to
A.   create a place of inspiration.
B.   All possible answers.
C.   shine a light on social problems
D.   evoke ideal beauty.
Question #5
Berg’s Wozzeck is considered to be a(n) _____ work.
A.   Dadaist
B.   Expressionist
C.   Impressionist
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.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #8
How did Berg die?
A.   lung cancer
B.   blood poisoning from an infected insect bite
C.   of old age
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 child drown.
C.   seeing his best friend murdered.
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.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #11
Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, and Anton Webern are known as the
A.   New Viennese School
B.   First 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.   the Doctor and the Captain discovering the murder victim.
C.   a confrontation between Wozzeck and the Drum Major.
D.   Wozzeck’s rehabilitation.
Question #13
The orchestral interlude before the last scene in Wozzeck
A.   foreshadows music for the sequel.
B.   is a passionate lament for the life and death of Wozzeck.
C.   contains lighthearted music setting up the children’s scene.
D.   prepares the audience for the wedding scene.
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.   Schoenberg, Stravinsky, and Berg
D.   Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms
Question #17
Which description does not apply to Berg’s Wozzeck?
A.   Expressionist
B.   modernist
C.   post-Impressionist
D.   avant-garde
Question #18
Which does NOT describe Berg’s musical style?
A.   drew on twelve-tone system
B.   leaned toward formal structures of the past
C.   rooted in French Impressionist traditions
D.   rooted in German Romanticism
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 drowns.
D.   Wozzeck and Marie get married.
Question #20
Which genre describes Berg’s Wozzeck?
A.   opera buffa
B.   opera
C.   song cycle
D.   symphonic poem

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