Chapter 19 Quiz

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. Frédéric Chopin was ___________.

a) American correct incorrect

b) Polish correct incorrect

c) French correct incorrect

d) Hungarian correct incorrect

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. Of the following composers, whose music was influenced by Louisiana Creole music?

a) Frédéric Chopin correct incorrect

b) Robert Schumann correct incorrect

c) Louis Moreau Gottschalk correct incorrect

d) Mikhail Glinka correct incorrect

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. Chopin composed mainly for the solo piano.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. In which of Chopin's compositions can we hear his musical nationalism?

a) Ballades correct incorrect

b) Polonaises correct incorrect

c) Mazurkas correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. ___________ is a performance direction in which the melody is slightly delayed in tempo against the bass.

a) Staccato correct incorrect

b) Sprezzando correct incorrect

c) Rubato correct incorrect

d) Accelerando correct incorrect

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. George Sand (Aurore Dudevant) had an extended affair with which composer?

a) Franz Liszt correct incorrect

b) Louis Moreau Gottschalk correct incorrect

c) Robert Schumann correct incorrect

d) Frédéric Chopin correct incorrect

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. All of the following are true about Louis Moreau Gottschalk except ___________.

a) He was the first American musician to gain an international reputation. correct incorrect

b) In the last part of his life, he organized gigantic concerts in Brazil. correct incorrect

c) He never traveled to Europe. correct incorrect

d) He concertized across America, traveling by rail. correct incorrect

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. Louis Moreau Gottschalk sought to exploit his exotic image and referred to "American" musical styles in his compositions.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. Louis Moreau Gottschalk's Bamboula imitates the music of which instrument

a) African-style bamboo drum correct incorrect

b) A bamboo flute correct incorrect

c) The banjo correct incorrect

d) Bones correct incorrect

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. Which figure was a collector of Russian folk tunes?

a) Adam Mickiewicz correct incorrect

b) Nikolai Lvov correct incorrect

c) Louis Moreau Gottschalk correct incorrect

d) Frédéric Chopin correct incorrect

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. Eugene Delacroix was an important Romantic ___________.

a) Composer correct incorrect

b) Poet correct incorrect

c) Novelist correct incorrect

d) Painter correct incorrect

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. Which Russian city was the center for Western culture in the country?

a) Moscow correct incorrect

b) Nizhny Novgorod correct incorrect

c) St. Petersburg correct incorrect

d) Warsaw correct incorrect

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. ___________ by ___________ was considered the first "Russian" opera.

a) A Life for the Tsar; Glinka correct incorrect

b) Kamarinskaya; Glinka correct incorrect

c) Krakowiak; Chopin correct incorrect

d) Volga; Lvov correct incorrect

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. Kamarinskaya is best described as ___________.

a) A Polish dance type used in character pieces correct incorrect

b) An orchestral work based on Russian folk themes correct incorrect

c) A French grand opéra on a Russian theme correct incorrect

d) An oratorio based on Ukrainian historical themes correct incorrect

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. What happens at the end of A Life for the Tsar?

a) Ivan Susanin sacrifices his own life to save the tsar. correct incorrect

b) Ivan Susanin is crowned as the tsar. correct incorrect

c) The tsar dies, leaving all of Russia in political upheaval. correct incorrect

d) The Polish army threatens to overrun St. Petersburg but is driven back by Russian forces. correct incorrect

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. Frédéric Chopin was ___________.

a) American correct incorrect

b) Polish correct incorrect

c) French correct incorrect

d) Hungarian correct incorrect

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. Of the following composers, whose music was influenced by Louisiana Creole music?

a) Frédéric Chopin correct incorrect

b) Robert Schumann correct incorrect

c) Louis Moreau Gottschalk correct incorrect

d) Mikhail Glinka correct incorrect

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. Chopin composed mainly for the solo piano.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. In which of Chopin's compositions can we hear his musical nationalism?

a) Ballades correct incorrect

b) Polonaises correct incorrect

c) Mazurkas correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

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. ___________ is a performance direction in which the melody is slightly delayed in tempo against the bass.

a) Staccato correct incorrect

b) Sprezzando correct incorrect

c) Rubato correct incorrect

d) Accelerando correct incorrect

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. George Sand (Aurore Dudevant) had an extended affair with which composer?

a) Franz Liszt correct incorrect

b) Louis Moreau Gottschalk correct incorrect

c) Robert Schumann correct incorrect

d) Frédéric Chopin correct incorrect

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. All of the following are true about Louis Moreau Gottschalk except ___________.

a) He was the first American musician to gain an international reputation. correct incorrect

b) In the last part of his life, he organized gigantic concerts in Brazil. correct incorrect

c) He never traveled to Europe. correct incorrect

d) He concertized across America, traveling by rail. correct incorrect

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. Louis Moreau Gottschalk sought to exploit his exotic image and referred to "American" musical styles in his compositions.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. Louis Moreau Gottschalk's Bamboula imitates the music of which instrument

a) African-style bamboo drum correct incorrect

b) A bamboo flute correct incorrect

c) The banjo correct incorrect

d) Bones correct incorrect

* not completed

. Which figure was a collector of Russian folk tunes?

a) Adam Mickiewicz correct incorrect

b) Nikolai Lvov correct incorrect

c) Louis Moreau Gottschalk correct incorrect

d) Frédéric Chopin correct incorrect

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. Eugene Delacroix was an important Romantic ___________.

a) Composer correct incorrect

b) Poet correct incorrect

c) Novelist correct incorrect

d) Painter correct incorrect

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. Which Russian city was the center for Western culture in the country?

a) Moscow correct incorrect

b) Nizhny Novgorod correct incorrect

c) St. Petersburg correct incorrect

d) Warsaw correct incorrect

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. ___________ by ___________ was considered the first "Russian" opera.

a) A Life for the Tsar; Glinka correct incorrect

b) Kamarinskaya; Glinka correct incorrect

c) Krakowiak; Chopin correct incorrect

d) Volga; Lvov correct incorrect

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. Kamarinskaya is best described as ___________.

a) A Polish dance type used in character pieces correct incorrect

b) An orchestral work based on Russian folk themes correct incorrect

c) A French grand opéra on a Russian theme correct incorrect

d) An oratorio based on Ukrainian historical themes correct incorrect

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. What happens at the end of A Life for the Tsar?

a) Ivan Susanin sacrifices his own life to save the tsar. correct incorrect

b) Ivan Susanin is crowned as the tsar. correct incorrect

c) The tsar dies, leaving all of Russia in political upheaval. correct incorrect

d) The Polish army threatens to overrun St. Petersburg but is driven back by Russian forces. correct incorrect