Reading Quiz for Chapter 21

Read Chapter 21 in your book and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

  1. Question

    Debussy’s Three Nocturnes refer to

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    		C.
    		D.
    Debussy’s Three Nocturnes refer to
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Claude Debussy, Clouds in Chapter 21.

  2. Question

    Clouds makes use of two new scales that Debussy used frequently, the

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    		B.
    		C.
    		D.
    Clouds makes use of two new scales that Debussy used frequently, the
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Claude Debussy, Clouds in Chapter 21.

  3. Question

    Debussy’s musical style reflects the influence of

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    		B.
    		C.
    		D.
    Debussy’s musical style reflects the influence of
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Claude Debussy in Chapter 21.

  4. Question

    Stravinsky’s three ballets written for the Ballets Russes in Paris reveal his progressively abstract use of

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    		C.
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    Stravinsky’s three ballets written for the Ballets Russes in Paris reveal his progressively abstract use of
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Stravinsky: The Primacy of Rhythm in Chapter 21.

  5. Question

    The first performance of The Rite of Spring

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    The first performance of The Rite of Spring
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Igor Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring in Chapter 21.

  6. Question

    After World War I, Stravinsky began to model his music on pre-Romantic composers such as Bach and Mozart in a style sometimes called

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    After World War I, Stravinsky began to model his music on pre-Romantic composers such as Bach and Mozart in a style sometimes called
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Igor Stravinsky in Chapter 21.

  7. Question

    Who was the leading expressionist composer in the period before World War I?

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    Who was the leading expressionist composer in the period before World War I?
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Expressionism in Chapter 21.

  8. Question

    Which are emotional themes associated with expressionist music?

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    Which are emotional themes associated with expressionist music?
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Expressionism in Chapter 21.

  9. Question

    The soprano in Pierrot lunaire performs in a style that is in between song and speech, an invention of Schoenberg’s called

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    The soprano in Pierrot lunaire performs in a style that is in between song and speech, an invention of Schoenberg’s called
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Arnold Schoenberg, Pierrot lunaire in Chapter 21.

  10. Question

    What did Schoenberg use for the text of Pierrot lunaire?

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    What did Schoenberg use for the text of Pierrot lunaire?
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Arnold Schoenberg, Pierrot lunaire in Chapter 21.

  11. Question

    The method of composition known as serialism relies on what?

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    		D.
    The method of composition known as serialism relies on what?
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Schoenberg and Serialism in Chapter 21.

  12. Question

    The Second Viennese School was made up of Schoenberg and the two composers who were quickest to adopt his serialism,

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    The Second Viennese School was made up of Schoenberg and the two composers who were quickest to adopt his serialism,
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Schoenberg and Serialism in Chapter 21.

  13. Question

    Berg’s opera Wozzeck is based on

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    		D.
    Berg’s opera Wozzeck is based on
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Alban Berg, Wozzeck in Chapter 21.

  14. Question

    Instead of making his living as a composer, Charles Ives had a job

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    Instead of making his living as a composer, Charles Ives had a job
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Charles Ives in Chapter 21.

  15. Question

    Why is Charles Ives’s emergence as a major modernist composer in America surprising?

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    Why is Charles Ives’s emergence as a major modernist composer in America surprising?
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See The First American Modernist: Charles Ives in Chapter 21.