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Multiple Choice Test
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10 marks for each correct answer.
1. 
In what year did Mussorgsky die?

1800
1836
1886
1881
1935
2. What is the overall title to the piece which "Promenade" is a part of?

"Russian Dance"
"Ode to Joy"
"Pictures at an Exhibition"
"1812 Overture"
"Hey Baby"
3. What solo instrument is heard in the very beginning of the piece?

A oboe
A Trumpet
A Baritone
A Viola
A Trombone
4. For what instrument was "Pictures at an Exhibition" originally written?

Harp
Guitar
Pipe Organ
String Bass
Piano
5. What country was Mussorgsky from?

France
Germany
Argentina
Russia
America
6. What writing style did Mussorgsky use in composing the "Promenade?"

Call and Answer Style
Antiphonal Style
Baroque Style
Classical Style
New Age Style
7. What is "call and answer" style in music?

One instrument plays the main theme over and over.
One instrument or group states a theme which  is either repeated or answered with another theme from a separate instrument or group.
One theme is heard and then silence.
No instrument plays the theme twice.
The entire ensemble plays the whole entire time.
8. Where did Mussorgsky get the idea to compose "Pictures from an Exhibition?"
After seeing a art exhibition.
After going to the movies.
From the move, "Back to the Future."
After taking some photographs at a picnic.
After a family dinner.
9. What two types of rhythmic notes make up all the rhythms in the "Promenade?"
Half and quarter notes.
Whole notes and whole rests.
Quarter and eighth notes.
Eighth and sixteenth notes.
Half and sixteenth notes.
10. Did you find this lesson enjoyable?
Never
Yes I did.
Kind of
Not really
No way