Question: Unity alone sustains interest and appeals to our need and enjoyment of the new, different, and unexpected.

Answer: False

Question: Which of the following excerpts from See Here the Conqu’ring Hero Comes uses loud dynamics?

1. Play

2. B. Play

3. Answer: Excerpt A

4. Question: The short excerpt below ends with a cadence.

5. Play

6. Answer: True

7. Question: A musical movement is:

8. Answer: A complete, self-contained section within a larger music composition.

9. Question: A music ensemble is:

10. Answer: A group of musicians that perform as a unit.

11. Question: Listen to the following excerpts of Idea A from G. F. Handel’s See Here the Conqu’ring Hero Comes.

12. Which one is played by a solo instrument?

13. A. Play

14. B. Play

15. Answer: Excerpt B

16. Question: With regard to Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus”, is fair to say that passages with polyphonic texture, or voices which simultaneously feature different melodies, rhythms, and texts, add elements of musical variety.

17. Answer: True

18. Question: Handel uses different combinations of dynamics and timbre to achieve unity and variety in See Here the Conqu’ring Hero Comes.

19. Which of the following two excerpts combines more instruments and louder dynamics?

20. A. Play

21. B. Play

22. Answer: Excerpt B

23. Question: Dynamic variety refers to the use of different sound sources.

24. Answer: False

25. Question: A distinction between composer and performer in European Western music started in the 20th century.

26. Answer: False