- 1. . What era is known as “The Age of Reason”?
A) Baroque
B) Medieval
C) Renaissance
D) Classical
- 2. What is the general texture of classical music?
A) monophonic
B) homophonic
C) heterophonic
D) polyphonic
- 3. He is a prominent composer known as a child prodigy and the most amazing genius in musical history.
A) Beethoven
B) Haydn
C) Vivaldi
D) Mozart
- 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) recapitulation
B) exposition
C) theme and variation
D) development
- 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) lower class
C) honor
D) poor
- 8. What do you call a person who conducts the orchestra.
A) musician
B) composer
C) writer
D) conductor
- 9. What did Haydn introduce to symphony that made use of percussion instrument?
A) Military Symphony
B) Nos. 40, K 550
C) symphony
D) Fifth Symphony
- 10. What is the most important era that had contributed a lot to the development of orchestra?
A) Baroque
B) Renaissance
C) Classical
D) Romantic
- 11. Who was the prominent composer that made innovations in orchestra during Classical period?
A) Beethoven
B) Mozart
C) Da Vinci
D) Haydn
- 12. What benefit a person can get upon listening to classical music?
A) feel alive
B) become rich
C) strong career
D) improved mental awareness
- 13. Which of the main instruments in an orchestra set up does NOT belong here?
A) cellos
B) trumpets
C) clarinet
D) guitar
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