Pre-assessment Module 2

1. Which among is a 20th century music style that stressed intense emotions such dark,

anguish, madness and radical distorted sound?

• a. Impressionism

• b. Expressionism

• c. Neo-Classicism

• d. Primitivism

2. Who among the following composers is associated with expressionism?

• a. Debussy

• b. Ravel

• c. Schoenberg

• d. Varese

3.Which of the following is Schoenberg’s melodrama in which the lines are delivered in

sprechstimme style?

• a. Pierrot Lunaire

• b. Pelleas et Melisande

• c. La Mer

• d. Bolero

4.Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Schoenberg’s music?

• a. The use of whole-tone scale

• b. The use of distorted melodies in his compositions

• c. The use of the 12-tone scale

• d. The use of radical sound in his compositions

5. When did expressionism music start?

• a. 1995

• b. 1998

• c. 1906

• d. 1905

6. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of expressionist music?

• a. it uses 12-tone scale

• b. it has hazy and dreamy sound like

• c. it has extreme contrasts in dynamics

• d. it has distorted melodies and harmonies

7. Which of the following best describes the rhythm of expressionist music?

• a. It has simple rhythm

• b. It has complex and irregular rhythm

• c. it has complex and regular rhythm

• d. it has regular rhythm

8. What expression does most expressionist music conveys?

• a. happiness

• b. excitement

• c. frustrations

• d. discontent

9. Which scale is commonly used during expressionist era wherein the distance from one

to another is half step or semi tone?

• a. Whole tone scale

• b, Pentatonic Scale

• c. 12 tone scale

• d. Diatonic scale

10. What musical composition does not have a tonal or center key?

• a. Dissonance

• b. Atonal

• c. Tonal

• d. Consonance