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1
Which of the following terms means "fast, fiery?"
A)allegro con brio
B)allegro assai
C)andante con moto
D)vivace
2
Why did Beethoven's attitude about art influence how many compositions he wrote?
A)Because he would write whatever he was paid to write, and therefore produced many artistic compositions.
B)Because he felt that producing too many compositions would dilute the artistic quality of his work.
C)Because he was very selective about accepting commissions. He only accepted those that personally appealed to him.
D)Because he felt that true art had to be difficult to compose.
3
At one point in his life, Beethoven met and later studied composition with ...
A)Mozart
B)Haydn
C)Gluck
D)Fidelio
4
How did Beethoven support himself financially?
A)He was a court musician for royalty.
B)He came from a wealthy family and was always financially secure.
C)He had annual stipends from a small circle of aristocratic Viennese society.
D)He worked as an orchestral musician in Vienna for many years while he composed.
5
What did Beethoven do in his fifth symphony that had not been done by composers before him?
A)He used the theme and variations form for the fourth movement.
B)He connected the first movement directly to the second movement, with no pause between the movements.
C)He included a solo chorus in this symphony.
D)He introduced the idea of uniting the four movements of the symphony by using a common theme in all four movements. This is called cyclic form.
6
How many symphonies did Beethoven write?
A)5
B)16
C)21
D)9
7
Which of the following statements is NOT accurate about the third period in Beethoven's career?
A)Beethoven became profoundly deaf during this time period.
B)He wrote the ninth symphony during this time period.
C)Beethoven learned how to write more quickly, with fewer revisions.
D)The musical ideas he developed during this period influenced the style period to follow him, the Romantic era.
8
Beethoven's music was different from Haydn's and Mozart's music in a number of ways. Which of the following statements is NOT correct?
A)Beethoven's works tend to be longer than those of Haydn and Mozart.
B)Beethoven lengthened the development section of movements in sonata form and added further development to his codas.
C)Haydn and Mozart used sonata form, whereas Beethoven did not.
D)Beethoven added more instruments to the orchestra, giving it a more powerful and dramatic sound than the orchestras for which Mozart and Haydn wrote.
9
Which of the following statements is NOT accurate about the first period in Beethoven's career?
A)During this time Beethoven assimilated the classical traditions of Mozart and Haydn.
B)Beethoven wrote only one symphony during this time period.
C)1802 was the final year of his first period.
D)Beethoven was popular as a virtuoso solo violinist.
10
Which of the following statements is NOT accurate about the second period in Beethoven's career?
A)The second period in Beethoven's career was perhaps the most troubled part of his life.
B)During this time he wrote the "Waldstein" and "Appassionata" piano sonatas.
C)It was the most musically productive period in his life.
D)He wrote seven more symphonies during this time period.
11
Which of the following statements about the piano is NOT true?
A)The piano is a keyboard instrument that plucks the instrument's strings.
B)The piano is capable of gradually increasing and decreasing the dynamic level. The full name of the instrument is pianoforte, which means the instrument can play both soft and loud.
C)The piano is capable of sustaining sounds for a longer period of time than the harpsichord.
D)By the late Classical period the piano had replace the harpsichord as the favored keyboard instrument.
12
Which of the following instruments did Beethoven add to the orchestra that had not been used by Mozart or Haydn?
A)bassoon
B)timpani
C)violas
D)piccolo
13
What are Beethoven's birth and death dates?
A)1770 and 1827
B)1732 and 1809
C)1756 and 1791
D)1750 and 1825





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