- 1. . What era is known as “The Age of Reason”?
A) Classical
B) Medieval
C) Baroque
D) Renaissance
- 2. What is the general texture of classical music?
A) monophonic
B) polyphonic
C) homophonic
D) heterophonic
- 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) sonata allegro
B) rondo
C) symphony
D) minuet
- 5. What do you call the section of the Sonata Allegro form where the themes are being introduced?
A) theme and variation
B) recapitulation
C) development
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) dynamics
D) etude
- 7. What word is associated to Classical music?
A) lower class
B) honor
C) nobility
D) poor
- 8. What do you call a person who conducts the orchestra.
A) composer
B) musician
C) writer
D) conductor
- 9. What did Haydn introduce to symphony that made use of percussion instrument?
A) symphony
B) Nos. 40, K 550
C) Military Symphony
D) Fifth Symphony
- 10. What is the most important era that had contributed a lot to the development of orchestra?
A) Baroque
B) Classical
C) Romantic
D) Renaissance
- 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) strong career
B) become rich
C) feel alive
D) improved mental awareness
- 13. Which of the main instruments in an orchestra set up does NOT belong here?
A) guitar
B) trumpets
C) cellos
D) clarinet
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