Reading Quiz for Chapter 22

Read Chapter 22 in your book and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

  1. Question

    Maurice Ravel’s style incorporates elements of

    		A.
    		B.
    		C.
    		D.
    Maurice Ravel’s style incorporates elements of
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Mixing Classical Form and Jazz: Maurice Ravel in Chapter 22.

  2. Question

    Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G can be thought of as a tribute to

    		A.
    		B.
    		C.
    		D.
    Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G can be thought of as a tribute to
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Maurice Ravel, Piano Concerto in G in Chapter 22.

  3. Question

    What Hungarian composer studied and collected folk music and successfully integrated it into classical music?

    		A.
    		B.
    		C.
    		D.
    What Hungarian composer studied and collected folk music and successfully integrated it into classical music?
    Correct.

  4. Question

    In addition to being a prolific composer and a fine pianist, Bartók was also

    		A.
    		B.
    		C.
    		D.
    In addition to being a prolific composer and a fine pianist, Bartók was also
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Béla Bartók in Chapter 22.

  5. Question

    As American modernism began to take off in the 1920s, which composer formed the New Music Society of San Francisco?

    		A.
    		B.
    		C.
    		D.
    As American modernism began to take off in the 1920s, which composer formed the New Music Society of San Francisco?
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Varieties of American Modernism in Chapter 22.

  6. Question

    Although Ruth Crawford collected and transcribed American folk songs, her own compositions show more interest in

    		A.
    		B.
    		C.
    		D.
    Although Ruth Crawford collected and transcribed American folk songs, her own compositions show more interest in
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Ruth Crawford in Chapter 22.

  7. Question

    Which composer was part of the cultural movement known as the Harlem Renaissance?

    		A.
    		B.
    		C.
    		D.
    Which composer was part of the cultural movement known as the Harlem Renaissance?
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See William Grant Still in Chapter 22.

  8. Question

    The melodies and harmonies in Still’s Afro-American Symphony tend to be built from which scale?

    		A.
    		B.
    		C.
    		D.
    The melodies and harmonies in Still’s Afro-American Symphony tend to be built from which scale?
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See William Grant Still, Afro-American Symphony in Chapter 22.

  9. Question

    Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring is

    		A.
    		B.
    		C.
    		D.
    Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring is
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Aaron Copland, Appalachian Spring in Chapter 22.

  10. Question

    Copland’s set of twenty Variations for Piano (1930) reflects the chief modernist influence on his early work, namely

    		A.
    		B.
    		C.
    		D.
    Copland’s set of twenty Variations for Piano (1930) reflects the chief modernist influence on his early work, namely
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Aaron Copland in Chapter 22.

  11. Question

    Like many writers, artists, and composers of the 1930s, Copland was attracted to a leftist philosophy, which insisted that art should

    		A.
    		B.
    		C.
    		D.
    Like many writers, artists, and composers of the 1930s, Copland was attracted to a leftist philosophy, which insisted that art should
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Aaron Copland in Chapter 22.

  12. Question

    Film composers’ matching of musical themes to situations on-screen is much like the leitmotiv technique of which composer?

    		A.
    		B.
    		C.
    		D.
    Film composers’ matching of musical themes to situations on-screen is much like the leitmotiv technique of which composer?
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See The Rise of Film Music in Chapter 22.

  13. Question

    In the days of silent movies, how was film music handled?

    		A.
    		B.
    		C.
    		D.
    In the days of silent movies, how was film music handled?
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See The Rise of Film Music in Chapter 22.

  14. Question

    Tan Dun’s score for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon mixes instruments from the Western orchestra with instruments from

    		A.
    		B.
    		C.
    		D.
    Tan Dun’s score for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon mixes instruments from the Western orchestra with instruments from
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Composers for Film in Chapter 22.

  15. Question

    What is the film Alexander Nevsky about?

    		A.
    		B.
    		C.
    		D.
    What is the film Alexander Nevsky about?
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Sergei Prokofiev, Alexander Nevsky Cantata in Chapter 22.