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1
Who created the work Impression: Sunrise?
A)Claude Monet.
B)Claude Debussy.
C)Maurice Ravel.
D)Richard Wagner.
2
Debussy was an outspoken critic of which composer?
A)Ravel.
B)Berlioz.
C)Wagner.
D)Schumann.
3
How did Debussy move from one tone color to another in Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun?
A)By contrasting large and small groups of instruments, similar to the technique used in the Baroque concerto grosso.
B)By inserting piano glissandos between changes in tone color.
C)By clapping two delicate antique cymbals.
D)By beginning a melody with one instrument and continuing the melody with another.
4
Which of the following characteristics is not typical of Impressionist music?
A)Steady rhythmic pulse.
B)Fragile and decorative beauty.
C)Sensuous tone colors.
D)Elegance and refinement.
5
What was the name of the poetic style that experimented with rhythm, sound, and the clustering of images to suggest moods or emotions?
A)Impressionism.
B)Surrealism.
C)Symbolism.
D)Cubism.
6
Which of the following statements does not describe Impressionist painting?
A)Impressionist painters used patches and dabs of color to build up an image.
B)Impressionist painters worked outdoors in bright afternoon light.
C)Mood, atmosphere, and the richness of nature were among the major inspirations for Impressionist painters.
D)Impressionist painters sought to capture literary reality instead of visual interpretations of subjects.
7
All of the following apply to the Impressionist movement in music except
A)Impressionist music emphasized mood and atmosphere.
B)Impressionist music frequently used nature as a subject.
C)Impressionist music introduced dance rhythms and music from nonwestern cultures.
D)Impressionist music cast off the pompous, heavy, and serious quality of the Romantic German tradition.
8
What programmatic orchestral piece by Debussy depicts, in a general way, a forest creature?
A)Pelléas et Mélisande.
B)Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun.
C)Boléro.
D)La Mer.
9
How does Ravel's music differ from Debussy's?
A)Ravel had a classical orientation toward form and balance.
B)The ultimate aim of Ravel's music was the creation of beautiful sound.
C)Ravel rejected German Romanticism.
D)Ravel wrote primarily for voice.
10
What did Debussy and Ravel have in common?
A)They rejected nonwestern modes and scales.
B)They shared an attraction to the rhythms of Spanish dance music.
C)They avoided nonwestern instrumental tone colors.
D)They were both Belgian.





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