Pre- final Examination

Art Appreciation

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Year & Section: BSCRIM 1-C Date: _______

MULTIPLE CHOICE
Instructions: Read the questions carefully before you answer. Choose the letter of the correct answer
from the choices provided then write it on the box provided below. Use capital letters only.

____1. Which of the following is the best definition of music?

a. Music is an art deals only with sound.
b. Music are the written or printed signs representing only vocal or instrumental sounds.
c. Music is a combination of vocal and instrumental sounds in such a way as to produce
beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion.
d. All of the above.

_____2. Which of the following is the reason why we study music?

a. Music brings only joy and satisfaction.
b. It is a stimulant to one’s imagination and a strong force to imitate.
c. Music enhance and improve human relationships and character building.
d. All of the above.

_____3. Which of the following is the oldest and most important musical instrument of the Hindus?
a. Vina c. Lyre
b. Piano d. Harp

_____4. This group of people entrusted their music to the priest who ruled the arts and sciences.
a. Hebrews c. Greeks
b. Romans d. Hindus

_____5. He is a Greek philosopher who invented the octave scale.

a. Socrates c. Aristoxenus
b. Pythagoras d. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

_____6. Which of the following is the standard musical instrument of the Greeks?
a. Vina c. Lyre
b. Piano d. Harp

_____7. It is a most favored musical instrument used by the Hebrews to accompany the chanting of
the prophets.
a. Harp c. Trumpet
b. Lyre d. piano

_____8. Their music had only one harmony wherein both instrument and voice sang the same pitch
which produced a rather monotonous effect.
a. Romans c. Greeks
b. Italian d. Southern Europe

_____9. Which of the following types of musical instrument is considered bowed?

a. Strings c. Percussion
b. Woodwinds d. Brasses

_____10. Which of the following musical instruments is considered blown?

a. Strings c. Percussion
b. Keyboard d. Brasses

_____11. If the violin is the soprano of the string section, what about the cello?
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 a. Alto c. Contralto
b. Tenor d. Bass

_____12. Which of the following is the characteristic of Flute?

a. It produces the highest notes in the orchestra.
b. It has the ability to project sounds across great distance.
c. The instrument that often takes the part of the violin in the band music.
d. It is a high pitch instrument which produces a cooler sound than the other instruments.

_____13. Which of the following is one of the most flexible and useful of the bass instruments?
a. Oboe c. Bassoon
b. English Horn d. Trombone

_____14. This a combination of different musical instrument or two or more performers engaged in
playing the instruments or singing a piece of music.
a. Ensembles c. Mixed Ensembles
b. Chamber Ensembles d. Special Ensembles

_____15.Musical notation is written on five horizontal lines with four equal spaces are called ____.
a. Clef c. Staves
b. Leger lines d. Key Signature

_____16. Duration of silence between notes is indicated by ____.

a. Notes c. Key Signature
b. Rest d. Staves

_____17. Which of the following is the letter sign placed on the staff in order to indicate the pitch of
the notes?
a. Key Signature c. Chords
b. Staves d. Clef

_____18. These are the vertical groups of notes on the staff which are arranged in vertical position.
a. Key Signature c. Chords
b. Staves d. Clef

_____19. This may indicate either a major or a minor key.

a. Key Signature c. Clef
b. Chords d. Staves

_____20. Which of the following is a design of a composer where he/she assemble his/her materials?
a. Development Form c. Musical Section
b. Program Music d. Musical Structure

_____21. This consist of melodic, rhythmic and usually harmonic elements which combine to give the
musical idea a distinction character or individuality.
a. Form c. Theme
b. Musical Form d. Phrase

_____22. Which of the following is a piece of music which consists of two main sections?
a. Phrase c. Sectional Forms
b. Binary form d. Ternary form

_____23. Which of the following is a short, musical idea and often like a sentence?
a. Form c. Sectional Form
b. Binary and Ternary form d. Phrase

_____24. If there is only one musical idea or theme, the first and second sections may duplicate each
other or the second may have some modifications but may remain essential a duplicate of the
first is represented by a ______.
a. Binary Form c. Sectional Form
b. Ternary Form d. Phrase

_____25. It is the basic element of musical structure.

a. Phrase c. Polyphonic
b. Repetition d. Theme and Variation

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_____26. Ternary form can be represented by a formula of _____.
a. A, B c. A, A, B, B
b. A, A, B, A, A d. Both B & C

_____27. Which of the following is an example of vocal canon?

a. Lovely Evening c. Twinkle, Twinkle
b. Ding Dong, Ding Dong d. Nagtatanim ng Palay

_____28. This indicating a piece to be sounded on instruments as distinct from cantata, a piece to be
sung.
a. Recapitulation c. Sonata
b. Suite d. Program Music

_____29. The following are the several movements that make up the sonata cycle, except:
a. Development c. Imitation
b. Exposition d. Recapitulation

_____30. Which of the following consists mainly of a series of dance movements which were all in the
same key?
a. Suite c. Free Forms
b. Sonata Form d. Program Music

_____31. This form do not have as a point of reference the usual form molds technically called as __.
a. Sectional Form c. Free Forms
b. Sonata Form d. Program Music

_____32. It is a group of related compositions under one title or it may be a collection of separate
pieces which have been put together because of some unifying idea not necessarily musical.
a. Suite c. Free Forms
b. Program Music d. Modern Suite

_____33. It is distinguished from absolute or pure music which deals with musical patterns devoid of
the literary or pictorial connotations.
a. Descriptive Program c. Narrative Music
b. Program Music d. Art Song

_____34. All of the following are not intended to impersonate the actual sound of the subject which was
popular even before the flowering of the instrumental music, except:
a. Imitative Music c. Program Music
b. Descriptive Program d. Narrative Music

_____35. The Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, called the Pastoral Symphony was one of the first
example of ____.
a. Art Song c. Imitative Music
b. Descriptive Program d. Narrative Music

_____36. Which of the following is sophisticated and is usually composed with a piano
accompaniment?
a. Folk Music c. Narrative music
b. Descriptive Program d. Art Song

____37. It is a music which is intended to tell a story or depict a series of related events.
a. Imitative Music c. Program Music
b. Descriptive Program d. Narrative Music

____38. It is usually written in units of several lines known as stanzas.

a. Music c. Poetry
b. Folk music d. Art Song

____39. Which of the following is an exciting form of music wherein the rhythmic background and
syncopation are strong?
a. Modern Suite c. Modern Jazz
b. Jazz Music d. Cantata

____40. It is a dramatic religious work on non-liturgical intent.

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 a. Cantata c. Opera
b. Oratorio d. Plain Song

____41. It is performed in the church during the Holy Week?

a. Passion c. Senakulo
b. Cantata d. Mass

____42. This is a small oratorio for vocalist, chorus and instrumentalists based on a poetic narrative,
either religious or secular, of a lyric or dramatic nature.
a. Passion c. Cantata
b. Plain Song d. Opera

____43. Which of the following consist a characteristic such as monophonic, non-metric, rhythmically
free, modal and sung by Latin?
a. Chorale c. liturgical music
b. Plain Song d. Free Form

____44. The purpose of this music is to create or enhance attitudes of worship and it is frequently
experienced as an art, entirely apart from the religious function.
a. Chorale c. liturgical music
b. Plain Song d. Oratorio

____45. Which of the following is more often harmonized and accompanied, more regular in meter
and rhythm, and sung in the vernacular language instead of in Latin?
a. Chorale c. liturgical music
b. Opera d. Oratorio

____46. All of the following are not a ritual of the Roman Catholic Church which constitutes a re-
enactment of the sacrifice of Christ except;
a. Passion c. Senakulo
b. Motets d. Mass

____47. Which of the following is a music that is curative in function?

a. Therapeutic Music c. Catharsis
b. Music Therapy d. All of the Above

____48. Which of this musical instrument produces the highest notes in the orchestra and the tones are
piercing and shrill?
a. Tuba c. English Horn
b. Piccolo d. Flute

____49. Which of this instruments sound like the bass trombone, but fuller, richer, and more powerful?
a. Tuba c. French Horn
b. Trumpet d. Trombone

____50. All of the following are not belong to the lowest in range of the string group, except:
a. Cello c. Guitar
b. Viola d. Double bass

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Write your answer here.

1. 11. 21. 31. 41.

2. 12. 22. 32. 42.
3. 13. 23. 33. 43.
4. 14. 24. 34. 44.
5. 15. 25. 35. 45.
6. 16. 26. 36. 46.
7. 17. 27. 37. 47.
8. 18. 28 38. 48.
9. 19. 29 39. 49.
10. 20. 30. 40. 50.

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