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