Chapter 30 Quiz

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. Totalitarianism is best defined as ___________.

a) A political–economic system whose most important thinker was Karl Marx correct incorrect

b) Centralized political power that aims to control all aspects of life within a state correct incorrect

c) A political system that maintains social hierarchy, but places power in the hands of a ruling elite correct incorrect

d) State-sponsored information or art, often with a misleading message correct incorrect

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. Fascism is best defined as ___________.

a. A political–economic system whose most important thinker was Karl Marx correct incorrect

b. Centralized political power that aims to control all aspects of life within a state correct incorrect

c. A political system that maintains social hierarchy, but places power in the hands of a ruling elite correct incorrect

d) State-sponsored information or art, often with a misleading message correct incorrect

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. The Communist Manifesto was written by ___________.

a) Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels correct incorrect

b) Josef Stalin correct incorrect

c) Johann Gottfried von Herder correct incorrect

d) Jean Jacques Rousseau correct incorrect

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. The first communist revolution occurred in 1917 in Germany.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. The Soviet arts policy that required that music edify the Soviet people was called ___________.

a) Experimentalism correct incorrect

b) Socialist Realism correct incorrect

c) Surrealism correct incorrect

d) Anti-Degenerate Music correct incorrect

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. Which piece by Shostakovich was heavily criticized in a Soviet newspaper, making Shostakovich fear for his life?

a) Fifth Symphony correct incorrect

b) The Nose, an opera correct incorrect

c) Alexander Nevsky, a film soundtrack correct incorrect

d) Lady MacBeth of the Mtsensk District, an opera correct incorrect

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. Which of the following describes Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony?

a) It rehabilitated his official standing with the Soviet government. correct incorrect

b) It is often read as a dissident work. correct incorrect

c) It became one of Shostakovich's most popular works. correct incorrect

d) All of the above. correct incorrect

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. Although Sergey Prokofiev spent his early career outside of Russia, he spent the later career in the Soviet Union.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. Who was Sergey Eisenstein?

a) A Soviet composer who lived his entire life outside Russia correct incorrect

b) A famous physicist who immigrated to America correct incorrect

c) A Soviet filmmaker of Alexander Nevsky correct incorrect

d) The official arts director of the Soviet Union correct incorrect

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. In Fascist Italy, Benito Mussolini banned Modernist music.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

) FALSE correct incorrect

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. Arturo Toscanini was an important twentieth-century ___________.

a) Dictator correct incorrect

b) Composer correct incorrect

c) Conductor correct incorrect

d) Librettist correct incorrect

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. The arts policies of Nazi Germany ___________.

a) Were lenient, as long as the music included political lyrics correct incorrect

b) Were restrictive and based on racial and ethnic intolerance correct incorrect

c) Avoided all censorship, preferring for Germans to make their own decisions about good art correct incorrect

d) Were not clearly organized around any guiding principles correct incorrect

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. As a result of Nazi Germany's arts policies, many prominent composers immigrated to the United States.

a) TRUE correct incorrect

b) FALSE correct incorrect

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. Carl Orff's Carmina Burana was based on ___________.

a) A collection of Medieval poems, called "Goliard" poems correct incorrect

b) A collection of German folk tales, by the Brothers Grimm correct incorrect

c) One of Orff's early songs, written for German popular radio correct incorrect

d) None of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following best describes the orchestration of Carmina Burana?

a) Orchestra correct incorrect

b) String quartet and two orchestras correct incorrect

c) Wind band correct incorrect

d) Vocal soloists, choruses, and orchestra correct incorrect