Question 1

One interpretation of "American Pie" is that it was written to commemorate the deaths of Buddy Holly and Richie Valens.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

Strong influence on Elvis Presley:

Accepted Answer

A)  atonal minimalism 
B)  ragtime 
C)  opera recitative 
D)  the accumulation folk song 
E)  gospel 
A)  atonal minimalism 
B)  ragtime 
C)  opera recitative 
D)  the accumulation folk song 
E)  gospel E

Question 3

Duke Ellington was a wealthy musicpatron of the baroque period.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

"Ode to Billie Joe" is a country song from the late 1960s patterned after the narrative tradition of folk music.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Find the matching number from among the choices listed atbottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use.
-___ alternation between stress and unstress

Accepted Answer

A) The Beatles 
B) Philip Glass 
C) Bill Haley and the Comets 
D) "Ave Maria" 
E) music
F)Renaissance
G)Scott Joplin
H)improvisation
I)chorus
J)spirituals
K)Lady Gaga
L)atonality
M)key
N)tone
O)pentatonic
P)baroque
Q)Duke Ellington
R)Eminem
S)plainsong
T)rhythm
U)symphony
V)U2
W) "White Christmas" 
A) The Beatles 
B) Philip Glass 
C) Bill Haley and the Comets 
D) "Ave Maria" 
E) music
F)Renaissance
G)Scott Joplin
H)improvisation
I)chorus
J)spirituals
K)Lady Gaga
L)atonality
M)key
N)tone
O)pentatonic
P)baroque
Q)Duke Ellington
R)Eminem
S)plainsong
T)rhythm
U)symphony
V)U2
W) "White Christmas"

Question 6

Find the matching number from among the choices listed atbottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use.
-___ scale with five tones

Accepted Answer

A) The Beatles 
B) Philip Glass 
C) Bill Haley and the Comets 
D) "Ave Maria" 
E) music
F)Renaissance
G)Scott Joplin
H)improvisation
I)chorus
J)spirituals
K)Lady Gaga
L)atonality
M)key
N)tone
O)pentatonic
P)baroque
Q)Duke Ellington
R)Eminem
S)plainsong
T)rhythm
U)symphony
V)U2
W) "White Christmas" 
A) The Beatles 
B) Philip Glass 
C) Bill Haley and the Comets 
D) "Ave Maria" 
E) music
F)Renaissance
G)Scott Joplin
H)improvisation
I)chorus
J)spirituals
K)Lady Gaga
L)atonality
M)key
N)tone
O)pentatonic
P)baroque
Q)Duke Ellington
R)Eminem
S)plainsong
T)rhythm
U)symphony
V)U2
W) "White Christmas"

Question 7

Find the matching number from among the choices listed atbottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use.
-___ Bach and jazz have this in common

Accepted Answer

A) The Beatles 
B) Philip Glass 
C) Bill Haley and the Comets 
D) "Ave Maria" 
E) music
F)Renaissance
G)Scott Joplin
H)improvisation
I)chorus
J)spirituals
K)Lady Gaga
L)atonality
M)key
N)tone
O)pentatonic
P)baroque
Q)Duke Ellington
R)Eminem
S)plainsong
T)rhythm
U)symphony
V)U2
W) "White Christmas" 
A) The Beatles 
B) Philip Glass 
C) Bill Haley and the Comets 
D) "Ave Maria" 
E) music
F)Renaissance
G)Scott Joplin
H)improvisation
I)chorus
J)spirituals
K)Lady Gaga
L)atonality
M)key
N)tone
O)pentatonic
P)baroque
Q)Duke Ellington
R)Eminem
S)plainsong
T)rhythm
U)symphony
V)U2
W) "White Christmas"

Question 8

Find the matching number from among the choices listed atbottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use.
-___ a sound that maintains the same frequency regardless of its duration

Accepted Answer

A) The Beatles 
B) Philip Glass 
C) Bill Haley and the Comets 
D) "Ave Maria" 
E) music
F)Renaissance
G)Scott Joplin
H)improvisation
I)chorus
J)spirituals
K)Lady Gaga
L)atonality
M)key
N)tone
O)pentatonic
P)baroque
Q)Duke Ellington
R)Eminem
S)plainsong
T)rhythm
U)symphony
V)U2
W) "White Christmas" 
A) The Beatles 
B) Philip Glass 
C) Bill Haley and the Comets 
D) "Ave Maria" 
E) music
F)Renaissance
G)Scott Joplin
H)improvisation
I)chorus
J)spirituals
K)Lady Gaga
L)atonality
M)key
N)tone
O)pentatonic
P)baroque
Q)Duke Ellington
R)Eminem
S)plainsong
T)rhythm
U)symphony
V)U2
W) "White Christmas"

Question 9

A musical composition by John Cage contains three days of silence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Two melodic lines playing against each other:

Accepted Answer

A)  ragtime 
B)  sonata 
C)  fugue 
D)  adagio 
E)  rockabilly 
A)  ragtime 
B)  sonata 
C)  fugue 
D)  adagio 
E)  rockabilly

Question 11

Find the matching number from among the choices listed atbottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use.
-___ the shaped sound between silences

Accepted Answer

A) The Beatles 
B) Philip Glass 
C) Bill Haley and the Comets 
D) "Ave Maria" 
E) music
F)Renaissance
G)Scott Joplin
H)improvisation
I)chorus
J)spirituals
K)Lady Gaga
L)atonality
M)key
N)tone
O)pentatonic
P)baroque
Q)Duke Ellington
R)Eminem
S)plainsong
T)rhythm
U)symphony
V)U2
W) "White Christmas" 
A) The Beatles 
B) Philip Glass 
C) Bill Haley and the Comets 
D) "Ave Maria" 
E) music
F)Renaissance
G)Scott Joplin
H)improvisation
I)chorus
J)spirituals
K)Lady Gaga
L)atonality
M)key
N)tone
O)pentatonic
P)baroque
Q)Duke Ellington
R)Eminem
S)plainsong
T)rhythm
U)symphony
V)U2
W) "White Christmas"

Question 12

Beethoven lost his hearing during the peak of his musical career.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Find the matching number from among the choices listed atbottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use.
-___ a musical form in separate units, or movements

Accepted Answer

A) The Beatles 
B) Philip Glass 
C) Bill Haley and the Comets 
D) "Ave Maria" 
E) music
F)Renaissance
G)Scott Joplin
H)improvisation
I)chorus
J)spirituals
K)Lady Gaga
L)atonality
M)key
N)tone
O)pentatonic
P)baroque
Q)Duke Ellington
R)Eminem
S)plainsong
T)rhythm
U)symphony
V)U2
W) "White Christmas" 
A) The Beatles 
B) Philip Glass 
C) Bill Haley and the Comets 
D) "Ave Maria" 
E) music
F)Renaissance
G)Scott Joplin
H)improvisation
I)chorus
J)spirituals
K)Lady Gaga
L)atonality
M)key
N)tone
O)pentatonic
P)baroque
Q)Duke Ellington
R)Eminem
S)plainsong
T)rhythm
U)symphony
V)U2
W) "White Christmas"

Question 14

Singer Frank Sinatra had great difficulty getting anyone to compose songs for him to perform.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Find the matching number from among the choices listed atbottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use.
-___ "Maple Leaf Rag"

Accepted Answer

A) The Beatles 
B) Philip Glass 
C) Bill Haley and the Comets 
D) "Ave Maria" 
E) music
F)Renaissance
G)Scott Joplin
H)improvisation
I)chorus
J)spirituals
K)Lady Gaga
L)atonality
M)key
N)tone
O)pentatonic
P)baroque
Q)Duke Ellington
R)Eminem
S)plainsong
T)rhythm
U)symphony
V)U2
W) "White Christmas" 
A) The Beatles 
B) Philip Glass 
C) Bill Haley and the Comets 
D) "Ave Maria" 
E) music
F)Renaissance
G)Scott Joplin
H)improvisation
I)chorus
J)spirituals
K)Lady Gaga
L)atonality
M)key
N)tone
O)pentatonic
P)baroque
Q)Duke Ellington
R)Eminem
S)plainsong
T)rhythm
U)symphony
V)U2
W) "White Christmas"

Question 16

Find the matching number from among the choices listed atbottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use.
-___ Liverpool quartet that came to the United States in 1962

Accepted Answer

A) The Beatles 
B) Philip Glass 
C) Bill Haley and the Comets 
D) "Ave Maria" 
E) music
F)Renaissance
G)Scott Joplin
H)improvisation
I)chorus
J)spirituals
K)Lady Gaga
L)atonality
M)key
N)tone
O)pentatonic
P)baroque
Q)Duke Ellington
R)Eminem
S)plainsong
T)rhythm
U)symphony
V)U2
W) "White Christmas" 
A) The Beatles 
B) Philip Glass 
C) Bill Haley and the Comets 
D) "Ave Maria" 
E) music
F)Renaissance
G)Scott Joplin
H)improvisation
I)chorus
J)spirituals
K)Lady Gaga
L)atonality
M)key
N)tone
O)pentatonic
P)baroque
Q)Duke Ellington
R)Eminem
S)plainsong
T)rhythm
U)symphony
V)U2
W) "White Christmas"

Question 17

Cornet player obsessed with the desire to find the perfect note:

Accepted Answer

A)  Louis Armstrong 
B)  Charlie Parker 
C)  Duke Ellington 
D)  Bix Beiderbecke 
E)  Miles Davis 
A)  Louis Armstrong 
B)  Charlie Parker 
C)  Duke Ellington 
D)  Bix Beiderbecke 
E)  Miles Davis

Question 18

Find the matching number from among the choices listed atbottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use.
-___ medieval sung prayers

Accepted Answer

A) The Beatles 
B) Philip Glass 
C) Bill Haley and the Comets 
D) "Ave Maria" 
E) music
F)Renaissance
G)Scott Joplin
H)improvisation
I)chorus
J)spirituals
K)Lady Gaga
L)atonality
M)key
N)tone
O)pentatonic
P)baroque
Q)Duke Ellington
R)Eminem
S)plainsong
T)rhythm
U)symphony
V)U2
W) "White Christmas" 
A) The Beatles 
B) Philip Glass 
C) Bill Haley and the Comets 
D) "Ave Maria" 
E) music
F)Renaissance
G)Scott Joplin
H)improvisation
I)chorus
J)spirituals
K)Lady Gaga
L)atonality
M)key
N)tone
O)pentatonic
P)baroque
Q)Duke Ellington
R)Eminem
S)plainsong
T)rhythm
U)symphony
V)U2
W) "White Christmas"

Question 19

There are six half-tones in the standard Western scale.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The deep river in the spiritual:

Accepted Answer

A)  Erlanger 
B)  Shannon 
C)  Amazon 
D)  Nile 
E)  Jordan 
A)  Erlanger 
B)  Shannon 
C)  Amazon 
D)  Nile 
E)  Jordan

One interpretation of "American Pie" is that it was written to commemorate the deaths of Buddy Holly and Richie Valens.

Strong influence on Elvis Presley:

Duke Ellington was a wealthy musicpatron of the baroque period.

"Ode to Billie Joe" is a country song from the late 1960s patterned after the narrative tradition of folk music.

Find the matching number from among the choices listed atbottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ alternation between stress and unstress

Find the matching number from among the choices listed atbottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ scale with five tones

Find the matching number from among the choices listed atbottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ Bach and jazz have this in common

Find the matching number from among the choices listed atbottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ a sound that maintains the same frequency regardless of its duration

A musical composition by John Cage contains three days of silence.

Two melodic lines playing against each other:

Find the matching number from among the choices listed atbottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ the shaped sound between silences

Beethoven lost his hearing during the peak of his musical career.

Find the matching number from among the choices listed atbottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ a musical form in separate units, or movements

Singer Frank Sinatra had great difficulty getting anyone to compose songs for him to perform.

Find the matching number from among the choices listed atbottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ "Maple Leaf Rag"

Find the matching number from among the choices listed atbottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ Liverpool quartet that came to the United States in 1962

Cornet player obsessed with the desire to find the perfect note:

Find the matching number from among the choices listed atbottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ medieval sung prayers

There are six half-tones in the standard Western scale.

The deep river in the spiritual:

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Exam 6: Music

One interpretation of "American Pie" is that it was written to commemorate the deaths of Buddy Holly and Richie Valens.

Strong influence on Elvis Presley:

Duke Ellington was a wealthy musicpatron of the baroque period.

"Ode to Billie Joe" is a country song from the late 1960s patterned after the narrative tradition of folk music.

Find the matching number from among the choices listed atbottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ alternation between stress and unstress

Find the matching number from among the choices listed atbottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ scale with five tones

Find the matching number from among the choices listed atbottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ Bach and jazz have this in common

Find the matching number from among the choices listed atbottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ a sound that maintains the same frequency regardless of its duration

A musical composition by John Cage contains three days of silence.

Two melodic lines playing against each other:

Find the matching number from among the choices listed atbottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ the shaped sound between silences

Beethoven lost his hearing during the peak of his musical career.

Find the matching number from among the choices listed atbottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ a musical form in separate units, or movements

Singer Frank Sinatra had great difficulty getting anyone to compose songs for him to perform.

Find the matching number from among the choices listed atbottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ "Maple Leaf Rag"

Find the matching number from among the choices listed atbottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ Liverpool quartet that came to the United States in 1962

Cornet player obsessed with the desire to find the perfect note:

Find the matching number from among the choices listed atbottom. You may use choices more than once, and be aware that there are more choices than you will use. -___ medieval sung prayers

There are six half-tones in the standard Western scale.

The deep river in the spiritual:

The Humanities: a Shining Beacon

The Humanities and Critical Thinking

Myth and the Origin of the Humanities

Literature

Art

Theater

The Musical Stage: Opera, Music, Drama, Dance

Cinema

Religion

Morality

Happiness

Love

Life-Affirmation

Nature

Freedom

Filters