Reading Quiz for Chapter 20

Read Chapter 20 in your book and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

  1. Question

    In music, what do the terms modernism and modernist refer to?

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    In music, what do the terms modernism and modernist refer to?
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Varieties of Modernism in Chapter 20.

  2. Question

    The first phase of avant-garde modernism peaked during what time?

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    The first phase of avant-garde modernism peaked during what time?
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Varieties of Modernism in Chapter 20.

  3. Question

    What developments led people of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to question their most basic assumptions about life?

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    What developments led people of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to question their most basic assumptions about life?
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Progress and Uncertainty in Chapter 20.

  4. Question

    Modernism’s response to the anxieties and uncertainties of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was to

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    Modernism’s response to the anxieties and uncertainties of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was to
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See The Response of Modernism in Chapter 20.

  5. Question

    Which was a new and radical development in the visual arts in the early twentieth century?

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    Which was a new and radical development in the visual arts in the early twentieth century?
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See The Response of Modernism in Chapter 20.

  6. Question

    Which modernist movement in poetry wanted words to perform their signifying functions freely, without being limited to exact definitions or having to fit into phrases and sentences?

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    Which modernist movement in poetry wanted words to perform their signifying functions freely, without being limited to exact definitions or having to fit into phrases and sentences?
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Impressionists and Symbolists in Chapter 20.

  7. Question

    Which modernist movement in painting attempted to capture the actual, perceived quality of light using patches of color?

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    Which modernist movement in painting attempted to capture the actual, perceived quality of light using patches of color?
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Impressionists and Symbolists in Chapter 20.

  8. Question

    Which modernist movement in the arts sought to express the most extreme human feelings in abstract ways?

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    Which modernist movement in the arts sought to express the most extreme human feelings in abstract ways?
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Expressionists and Fauves in Chapter 20.

  9. Question

    The symbolists were fascinated with the music dramas of Richard Wagner because of his use of

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    The symbolists were fascinated with the music dramas of Richard Wagner because of his use of
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Impressionists and Symbolists in Chapter 20.

  10. Question

    The first phase of avant-garde modernist composers, in the period before World War I, focused on experimentation with which aspect(s) of music?

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    The first phase of avant-garde modernist composers, in the period before World War I, focused on experimentation with which aspect(s) of music?
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Modernist Music before World War I in Chapter 20.

  11. Question

    Which composer invented serialism?

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    Which composer invented serialism?
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See New Horizons, New Scales in Chapter 20.

  12. Question

    The five-note scale that can be played using the black keys of a piano is called the

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    The five-note scale that can be played using the black keys of a piano is called the
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See New Horizons, New Scales in Chapter 20.

  13. Question

    The six-note scale that divides an octave into six equal parts is called the

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    The six-note scale that divides an octave into six equal parts is called the
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See New Horizons, New Scales in Chapter 20.

  14. Question

    Music that lacks any feeling of having a central or homing pitch is called

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    Music that lacks any feeling of having a central or homing pitch is called
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See “The Emancipation of Dissonance” in Chapter 20.

  15. Question

    Which composer famously spoke of “the emancipation of dissonance,” meaning freedom from the need to resolve to a consonant chord?

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    Which composer famously spoke of “the emancipation of dissonance,” meaning freedom from the need to resolve to a consonant chord?
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See “The Emancipation of Dissonance” in Chapter 20.