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Music: An Appreciation: An Appreciation, Brief 4/e
Roger Kamien, Hebrew University

The Classical Period
Ludwig Van Beethoven

Multiple Choice Quiz

Please answer all questions



1

Beethoven's greatest liturgical music is to be found in his
A)Mass in B Minor
B)Missa Solemnis
C)Fidelio
D)Eighth Symphony
2

Beethoven's late works, composed after he was totally deaf, include
A)piano sonatas
B)string quartets
C)the Ninth Symphony
D)all of the above
3

Beethoven greatly expanded the _____________ section of the sonata-form movement and made it more dramatic.
A)introduction
B)exposition
C)development
D)recapitulation
4

The choral finale of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is based on
A)Dante's Inferno
B)Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream
C)Schiller's Ode to Joy
D)Shelley's Ode to the West Wind
5

Beethoven's sixteen __________ are generally considered among the greatest music ever composed.
A)piano concertos
B)string quartets
C)piano sonatas
D)symphonies