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Augustinian Recollect Sisters
San Carlos City, Negros Occidental
2020 – 2021
First Monthly Examination
Music, Arts, P.E and Health 10
Name: ________________________________ Gr. & Sec.___________________ Date: _______________
Teacher: Howard A. Araneta Parent’s Signature: ___________________________________
GENERAL INSTRUCTION: Read and understand each direction carefully. Write legibly your answer on
your examination paper.
PART I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
DIRECTION: Read and understand each question carefully. Write your answer before the number of each item.
1. In music, the early twentieth century was a time of
a. the continuation of old forms
b. stagnation
c. revolt and change
d. disinterest
2. Which of the following statements is not true?
a. Twentieth-century music follows the same general principles of musical structure as earlier periods.
b. After 1900 each musical composition is more likely to have a unique system of pitch relationships,
rather than be organized around a central tone.
c. Twentieth-century music relies less on pre-established relationships and expectations.
d. The years following 1900 saw more fundamental changes in the language of music than any time since
the beginning of the baroque era.
3. Which statement about composers of the 20th century is not true?
a. Composers were asking the question "How can we make the music from the past better?"
b. Some composers trying to distance themselves from the past.
c. Some composers tried to return to some aspect of the past, especially the Classical Period.
d. Composers had ambivalent attitudes toward the musical past.
4. Which statement concerning 20th century music is not true?
a. Art music was becoming more relevant in day-to-day life.
b. Composers whose music has become more and more complex have widened the gap between art and
popular music.
c. There was a widening gap between art music and popular music.
d. Popular music especially jazz, country and rock became the central musical focus of the majority of
people in the Western world.
5. This century saw more opportunities especially for which group(s) of musicians?
a. men only
b. women & African Americans
c. women & all other minorities
d. all minorities
6. With the advent of sound recording all of the following occurred except
a. techniques of recording and audio production have become important musical elements in their own
right
b. recordings have changed the way we listen to music, works from all periods are available at any time
c. quality of music written significantly decreased
d. distribution of music made possible by recording and was instrumental in the growth of popular styles
7. Which statement about the timbre or tone color of 20th century music is not true?
a. all sounds are possible, even no sounds
b. percussion instruments have become very prominent and numerous
c. dissonance is rarely used
d. string players are sometimes called on to use the wood instead of the hair on their bows
8. Which statement about twentieth-century music is not true?
a. unusual instruments and instrumental groupings are rarely used
b. instruments are played at the very top or bottom of their ranges
c. noise-like and percussive sounds are often used
d. uncommon playing techniques have become normal
9. Which of the following statements is not true?
a. Composers in the early twentieth century drew inspiration only from serious art music and their own
intellect, ignoring popular and folk music.
b. The range of musical styles during the first half of the twentieth century was vast.
c. Western composers were more receptive and sympathetic to Asian and African cultures.
d. Modern composers drew inspiration from a wider historical range of music.
10. The use of two or more keys at one time is known as
a. atonality
b. polytonality
c. a tone cluster
d. the twelve-tone system
PART II. Essay (2 points each answer)
DIRECTION: Give an example of musical work of each of the ff. composers. Describe each works in a minimum
of 2 sentences. Write your answer to the space provided.
COMPOSER MUSICAL WORK
Debussy
Ravel
Schoenberg
Stravinsky
Bartok
Prokofieff
Poulenc
Gershwin
Berstein
Glass
“Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who make his ways crooked will be found out.”
-Proverbs 10:9
GOOD LUCK & GODBLESS!
