- 1. . What era is known as “The Age of Reason”?
A) Renaissance
B) Baroque
C) Classical
D) Medieval
- 2. What is the general texture of classical music?
A) heterophonic
B) monophonic
C) polyphonic
D) homophonic
- 3. He is a prominent composer known as a child prodigy and the most amazing genius in musical history.
A) Vivaldi
B) Beethoven
C) Mozart
D) Haydn
- 4. What is the most important form developed during the classical era and is usually the form of the first movement of a sonata or symphony?
A) symphony
B) rondo
C) sonata allegro
D) minuet
- 5. What do you call the section of the Sonata Allegro form where the themes are being introduced?
A) development
B) recapitulation
C) theme and variation
D) exposition
- 6. What is the short musical composition designed to provide practice in a technical skill in the performance of a solo instrument?
A) sonata
B) suite form
C) etude
D) dynamics
- 7. What word is associated to Classical music?
A) nobility
B) poor
C) lower class
D) honor
- 8. What do you call a person who conducts the orchestra.
A) conductor
B) composer
C) writer
D) musician
- 9. What did Haydn introduce to symphony that made use of percussion instrument?
A) Fifth Symphony
B) symphony
C) Nos. 40, K 550
D) Military Symphony
- 10. What is the most important era that had contributed a lot to the development of orchestra?
A) Renaissance
B) Baroque
C) Romantic
D) Classical
- 11. Who was the prominent composer that made innovations in orchestra during Classical period?
A) Haydn
B) Da Vinci
C) Mozart
D) Beethoven
- 12. What benefit a person can get upon listening to classical music?
A) feel alive
B) strong career
C) improved mental awareness
D) become rich
- 13. Which of the main instruments in an orchestra set up does NOT belong here?
A) clarinet
B) guitar
C) cellos
D) trumpets
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