Fourth Quarter Exams

A. Fourth Year:
1. Baroque period was a transition from a federal society to a mercantile economy. Who
then were the primary patrons of the arts and church during the Baroque period?
a. Church c. Middle class
b. Courts d. Lower class

2. What was the period distinguished by the use of secular and instrumental music?
a. Baroque c. Renaissance
b. Classical d. Romantic

3. It means “rebirth” or cultural awakening that was considered as the gateway to the
modern musical world. Which period was it?
a. Baroque c. Renaissance
b. Classical d. Romantic

4. One of the instrumental forms developed during the Baroque period was an unstaged
sacred or secular narrative sung with instrumental accompaniment. Was is it?
a. Cantata c. Oratorio
b. Opera d. Sonata

5. Which of the following was the usually staged musical composition based on the bible or
sacred text for soloist, choir and orchestra?
a. Cantata c. Oratorio
b. Concerto d. Symphony

6. He was considered as the “Father of German Cantata” and greatest German composer of
his time. Who of the following is he?
a. Franz Josef Handel c. Johann Sebastian Bach
b. George Frederick Handel d. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

7. What is the important Oratorio in homophonic and contrapuntal nature composed by

Handel within 24 days?
a. Ester c. Macabeaus
b. Joshua d. Messiah

8. Which of the following is the full Concerto Grosso ensemble composed of eight to
twenty musicians?
a. Concerto c. Ritonello
b. Grosso d. Tut

9. One of an important form of instrumental music during the Baroque period was
composed of two groups of instruments which are contracted against each other. What
is it?
a. Concerto c. Sonata
 b. Concerto Grosso d. Symphony

10. Who was the greatest composer of the oratorio whose works were composed for the
theater?
a. Franz Josef Haydn c. Felix Mendelssohn
b. Frederick Chopin d. George Frederick Handel

11. Which of the following is the first and last movement of the Concerto Grosso?
a. Concertino c. Ritornello
b. Ripieno d. Tut

12. What is composed of four dances which did not contain common thematic materials,
tempo and character but unified in the same key?
a. Cantata c. Symphony
b. Concerto Grosso d. Suites

13. Which of the following is a 4/4 meter that moves at a moderate tempo and is
characterized by a running figure in short note values in contrapuntal texture?
a. Allemande c. Gigue
b. Courante d. Sarabande

14. What is the Italian-style of ¾ or 3/8 meter characterized by running melodic figures
against an accompaniment texture?
a. Allemande c. Gigue
b. Courante d. Sarabande

15. Who made the bamboo organ found in the Parish Chruch of St. Joseph, Las Piñas, Metro
Manila in 1818?
a. Fr. Diego Cerra c. Fr. Juan Cerra
b. Fr. Diego de Cerra d. Fr. Julio Cerra

16. Which is the Spanish dance by the time it becomes stylized in the grave triple meter with
an accent on the second beat with homophonic texture?
a. Gigue c. Ritonello
b. Sarabande d. Tut

17. What is an Irish jig that moves in a brisk tempo in 8 meter with dotted rhythmic gesture
character?
a. Concerto c. Ripleno
b. Gigue d. Suite

23. Who is the considered as the greatest Renaissance composer of religious and secular
music?
a. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina c. Orlando de Lassus
b. Joaquin des Prez d. William Byrd
18. Which is the very important instrument during the Baroque period that holds the music
together?
a. Drums c. Keyboard
b. Flute d. Violin

19. What instrument sounded like a whistle-flute and composed of tubes similar to a
mouthpiece?
a. Bamboo organ c. Flute pipes
b. Flute d. Reed pipes

20. One type of organ has thin piece of metal inside the mouthpiece the produces vibrations
when the air passes above it. How do we call it?
a. Flute c. Metal pipes
b. Flute pipes d. Reed pipes

21. What is the vocal style that reached its height during the Renaissance period?
a. Homophony c. Polyphony
b. Monophony d. Symphony

22. Which of the following greatly influenced the society but tempered by the rise of
humanism that gave importance to man’s life and its goodness?
a. Church c. Humanism
b. Government d. Society

24. What is one of the important secular vocal form developed during the Renaissance
period?
a. Mass c. Motet
b. Madrigal d. Sonnets

25. Which of the following is an important musical form during the Renaissance period
performed in the celebration of the central rite of the Roman Catholic Church?
a. Cantata c. Madrigal
b. Mass d. Motet

26. Who is the Russian novelist who said “Art should transmit the highest and best feelings
to which men have risen.”?
a. Alexander Solzhenitsyn c. Nikolai Andronov
b. Leo Tolstoy d. Paul Gauguin

27. What is the musical form that means “word” frequently contained different text in
various languages for each voice part?
a. Mass c. Motet
b. Madrigal d. Sonnets

28. How do you call the fretted guitar instrument with a pear-shaped body and between
seven and eleven strings widely used during the Renaissance Period?
a. Flute c. Lute
 b. Guitar d. Lyre

29. Who is the Russian novelist who quoted “In the struggle against lies, art has always won
and will. Lies can stand up against much in the world but not against art.”?
a. Alexander Solzhenitsyn c. Leo Tolstoy
b. Giuseppe Verdi d. Nikolai Andronov

30. The artists in _____ are admired by the social critics and seekers of truth.
a. America c. Germany
b. China d. Russia

31. Who created the Bonifacio Monument in Balintawak, Caloocan?

a. Cesar Legaspi c. Guillermo Tolentino
b. Diego Rivera d. Jose Clemente Orozco

32. What is the painting of Andrew Wyeth that depicted the conflict between the interior
and the exterior world?
a. Christina’s World c. The Lightermen
b. The Dinner Table d. The Squatters

33. Which of the following is an important art style that glorified socialism?
a. Cubism c. Social Realism
b. Expressionism d. Surrealism

34. What is the powerful means to communicate ideas and feelings about social issues in all
parts of the world?
a. Art c. Paintings
b. Music d. Theater

35. Who is the Mexican artist made famous in the promotion of social change through his
artworks?
a. Cesar Legaspi c. Jose Clemente Orozco
b. Diego Rivera d. Virginia Navarro

36. What is large painting or other kinds of art created or displayed on a wall?
a. Mural c. Portrait
b. Landscape painting d. Wall sketches

37. Which of the following is the nationalistic monument that represents the Filipino values,
experiences, intellect and served as a social mirror?
a. Bonifacio Monument c. People Power Monument
b. Dr. Jose Rizal Monument d. Our lady of EDSA Shrine

38. Who is the Filipino-Chinese painter who depicts the morbid realities affecting the
Filipino people?
a. Ang Kiukok c. Guillermo Tolentino
 b. Cesar Legaspi d. Romeo Tabuena

39. What is the song that conveys messages about environmental problems?
a. Anak ng Pasig c. Don’t Cry for me Argentina
b. Bayan Ko d. Tie a Yellow Ribbon

40. “Silent Spring” written by an American biologist _____, pointed out the dangers of
pesticides to all living things and to the environment.
a. Rachel Carson c. Rachel Welch
b. Rachel Carlton d. Rachel Weis