Music 120 - Music Appreciation » Fall 2019 » Quiz 55

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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.   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.   shine a light on social problems
C.   evoke ideal beauty.
D.   All possible answers.
Question #5
Berg’s Wozzeck is considered to be a(n) _____ work.
A.   Expressionist
B.   postmodernist
C.   Dadaist
D.   Impressionist
Question #6
Berg’s Wozzeck was inspired by
A.   an early Romantic play by Georg Büchner.
B.   Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale.
C.   Wagner’s Ring cycle.
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.   lung cancer
B.   blood poisoning from an infected insect bite
C.   killed in action during WWII
D.   of old age
Question #9
In Berg’s opera Wozzeck, the main character’s final breakdown is the result of
A.   seeing his child drown.
B.   having killed his lover.
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.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #11
Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, and Anton Webern are known as the
A.   Kodály School.
B.   First Viennese School.
C.   New Viennese School
D.   Second Viennese School.
Question #12
The final scene of Wozzeck revolves around
A.   a confrontation between Wozzeck and the Drum Major.
B.   the children’s discovery of the murder.
C.   the Doctor and the Captain discovering the murder victim.
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.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #15
Twelve-tone technique
A.   is a form with twelve distinct sections.
B.   arranges twelve chromatic pitches, each carrying equal weight.
C.   is a compositional style developed by twelve modernist composers.
D.   modifies tonality to include twelve notes in a scale
Question #16
Which composers are from the so-called First Viennese School?
A.   Beethoven, Schubert, and Brahms
B.   Schoenberg, Stravinsky, and Berg
C.   Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms
D.   Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven
Question #17
Which description does not apply to Berg’s Wozzeck?
A.   post-Impressionist
B.   avant-garde
C.   Expressionist
D.   modernist
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 drowns.
B.   Wozzeck and Marie get married.
C.   Marie is unfaithful to Wozzeck.
D.   Wozzeck cuts Marie’s throat.
Question #20
Which genre describes Berg’s Wozzeck?
A.   song cycle
B.   opera buffa
C.   symphonic poem
D.   opera

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