________1. When was Beethoven’s birthday?

a) January 27, 1756

b) March 31, 1732

c) December 17, 1770

d) March 8, 1714

The correct answer is C because B was Franz Joseph Haydn birthday, A was Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart birthday and D was Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach birthday.

________2. Who is the famous deaf composer during Classical Period?

a) Ludwig Van Beethoven

b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

c) Franz Joseph Haydn

d) Richard Wagner

The correct answer is A, because B, C and D are not a deaf composers.

________3. Which of the following composers is not consider a master of classical

period?

a) John Christian Bach

b) Ludwig van Beethoven

c) Wolfgang A. Mozart
d) Joseph Haydn

The correct answer is A because B, C, D are the greatest composers during classical
period.

________4. Which characteristics of classical music that includes unexpected pauses,

syncopation and frequent changes from long notes to shorter notes.

a) Contrast

b) Melody

c) Texture

d) Rhythm

The correct answer is D because A fluctuates in mood, B it sounds balanced and

symmetric because it’s made up of two phrases of the same length, and C it basically
homophonic and flexible.

________5. What classical forms that often used as the 3rd movement of classical
symphonies, String quartet.

a) Symphony

b) Sonata Form

c) Minute and Trio

d) Theme Variations

The correct answer is C because, A it is written for orchestra, B It consists of 3 main

section and D an independent piece or as one movement of symphony, sonata or string
 quartet.

________6. Who is the Classical composer wrote his first composition at the age of 5?

a) Beethoven

b) Haydn

c) Bach

d) Mozart

The correct answer is D because A at the age of 12, Beethoven published his first
composition, B Haydn start at the age of 20 and C Bach start at the age of 10.

________7. Who is the Classical composer that was regarded as the father of symphony?

a) Haydn

b) Mozart

c) Beethoven

d) Bach

The correct answer is A because B was the musical prodigy, C widely regarded as the
greatest composer and D known for instrumental compositions.

________8. What is the most commonly classical forms used for movements in
instrumental music

a) Theme and variation

b) Rondo

c) Sonata
d) all of the above

The correct answer is D because A, B, C are classical forms used for movements in
instrumental music include theme and variation, rondo, and sonata.

________9. It is known as a first and last movements of a concerto that typically contain
a highly virtuosic passage.

a) Cadenz

b) Rondo

c) Sonata

d) Symphony

The correct answer is A, Because B it is instrumental form with a refrain that keeps
coming back, C originally meant simply a piece of music and D it is written for
orchestra.

________10. Who is the composer that composed many pieces of music for the courtly
orchestra to perform?

a) Haydn

b) Mozart

c) Beethoven

d) Bach
 The correct answer is A, because B. Mozart died at the young age, C Beethoven only
wrote nine symphonies.

________11. How many movements numbering are there in the classical symphonies.

a) One

b) Two

c) Three

d) Four

The correct answer is D because usually it has 4 movements.

________12. Who is the German composer during the classical period?

a) Haydn

b) Mozart

c) Beethoven

d) Isaac Nathan

The correct answer is C because A, B, and D are all Austrian composer.

________13. Which form is usually not included in a three-movement of classical

composition?

a) Minuet and trio

b) Sonata form

c) Rondo
d) Scherzo

The correct answer is D because A, B, and C are included in three –movement classical
composition.

________14. What is the most common type of chamber music in the classical period?

a) Piano sonata

b) String quartet

c) Divertimento

d) Violin concerto

The correct answer is B because A, B, and C are not the common classical chamber
music

________15. Which of the following was not part of the classical orchestra?

a) 2 flutes

b) 2 trumpets

c) 2 oboes

d) 2 saxophones

The correct answer is B because A, B, and C are not the common classical chamber
music
________16. From what country was Franz .Joseph Haydn belong?

a) Austria

b) Germany

c) Italy

d) England

The correct answer is A because B was Bach country, C Giovanni Palestrina country
and D Vaughan Williams country.

________17. How many symphonies did Haydn write?

a) 94

b) 110

c) 4

d) None of the above

The correct answer is D because A, B, and C are not number of Symphonies did Haydn
write.

________18. Who is the composer that was a child prodigy, beginning his performing
career at the age of 5.

a) Haydn

b) Bach
c) Mozart

d) Beethoven

The correct answer is C Because A, Haydn start at the age of 20, B. Bach start at the
age of 10 and D at the age of 12, Beethoven published his first composition