Multiple Choice Quiz

Please answer all questions


1	In order to support his family, Berlioz turned to
		A)	medicine
		B)	musical journalism
		C)	teaching
		D)	arranging concerts


2	Parisians were startled by Berlioz's Fantastic Symphony because of its
		A)	sensationally autobiographical program
		B)	amazingly novel orchestration
		C)	vivid description of the weird and diabolical
		D)	all of the above


3	In 1830 the Paris Conservatory awarded Berlioz
		A)	a graduate fellowship
		B)	a scholarship
		C)	a position on the faculty
		D)	the Prix de Rome


4	The liturgical melody quoted in the last movement of the Fantastic Symphony is the
		A)	Ave Maria
		B)	alleluia
		C)	benedictus
		D)	Dies irae


5	Outside France, Hector Berlioz enjoyed a great career as a(n)
		A)	conductor
		B)	concert pianist
		C)	singer
		D)	impresario


6	Berlioz's Fantastic Symphony is unified by the recurrence of a theme known as the
		A)	germ motive
		B)	thème varié
		C)	idée fixe
		D)	basic motive


7	The Fantastic Symphony reflects Berlioz's
		A)	intense nationalism
		B)	experiences in Rome
		C)	love for the actress Harriet Smithson
		D)	interest in composing for small, intimate ensembles


8	The fourth movement of the Fantastic Symphony depicts a
		A)	march to the scaffold
		B)	ball
		C)	dream of a witches' sabbath
		D)	scene in the country


9	Which of the following was not composed by Berlioz?
		A)	Romeo and Juliet
		B)	The Damnation of Faust
		C)	The Sorcerer's Apprentice
		D)	Requiem


10	The second movement of the Fantastic Symphony is a __________, the most popular dance of the romantic era.
		A)	waltz
		B)	minuet
		C)	country dance
		D)	gavotte

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