McGraw-Hill OnlineMcGraw-Hill Higher EducationLearning Center
Student View | Instructor Center | Information Center | Home
Listening Guide Problems?
Summary
Summary
Multiple Choice Quizzes
Flashcards
Web Resources
Feedback
Help Center


small cover
Music: An Appreciation: An Appreciation, Brief 4/e
Roger Kamien, Hebrew University
The Twentieth Century
Claude Debussy

Multiple Choice Quiz

Please answer all questions



1

Debussy's music tends to
A)sound free and almost improvisational
B)affirm the key very noticeably
C)have a strong rhythmic pulse
D)use the full orchestra for massive effects
2

The faun evoked in Debussy's famous composition is a
A)baby deer
B)creature who is half man, half goat
C)beautiful young maiden
D)sensitive musician
3

As a result of his summer sojourns away from France during his teens, Debussy developed a lifelong interest in the music of
A)Italy
B)Hungary
C)England
D)Russia
4

Debussy's opera Pelléas et Mélisande is an almost word-for-word setting of the symbolist play by
A)Paul Verlaine
B)Arthur Rimbaud
C)Maurice Maeterlinck
D)Stéphane Mallarmé
5

At the Paris International Exhibition of 1889 Debussy was strongly influenced by the
A)advantages of modern technology
B)performances of the music of J. S. Bach
C)Eiffel Tower
D)performances of Asian music
6

In which of the following areas did Debussy not create masterpieces?
A)symphonies
B)art songs
C)chamber music
D)piano music
7

The poem which inspired the Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun was written by
A)Paul Verlaine
B)Arthur Rimbaud
C)Maurice Maeterlinck
D)Stéphane Mallarmé
8

In order to drown the sense of tonality, Debussy
A)turned to the medieval church modes
B)borrowed pentatonic scales from Javanese music
C)developed the whole-tone scale
D)all of the above








Copyright2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Any use is subject to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
McGraw-Hill Higher Education is one of the many fine businesses of The McGraw-Hill Companies.