- 1. . What era is known as “The Age of Reason”?
A) Medieval
B) Renaissance
C) Baroque
D) Classical
- 2. What is the general texture of classical music?
A) monophonic
B) heterophonic
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) Mozart
C) Beethoven
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) minuet
B) symphony
C) rondo
D) sonata allegro
- 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) dynamics
C) etude
D) suite form
- 7. What word is associated to Classical music?
A) honor
B) lower class
C) nobility
D) poor
- 8. What do you call a person who conducts the orchestra.
A) musician
B) writer
C) conductor
D) composer
- 9. What did Haydn introduce to symphony that made use of percussion instrument?
A) symphony
B) Fifth 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) Classical
B) Romantic
C) Baroque
D) Renaissance
- 11. Who was the prominent composer that made innovations in orchestra during Classical period?
A) Haydn
B) Mozart
C) Beethoven
D) Da Vinci
- 12. What benefit a person can get upon listening to classical music?
A) strong career
B) feel alive
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) trumpets
D) cellos
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