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Question 1 (Mandatory) (1.25 points)

According to the text, which of these was NOT a trait used by European (e.g. French) film composers during this era?

Question 1 options:

	Lavish use of melodic leitmotifs
	Music sustains single mood
	Music used sparingly
	Prominent use of source music

Question 2 (Mandatory) (1.25 points)

The well-known piano piece Warsaw Concerto by Richard Addinsell came from the score to which 1941 British film?

Question 2 options:

	Hamlet
	Suicide Squadron
	Things to Come
	The 39 Steps

Question 3 (Mandatory) (1.25 points)

In the text section on films from the Soviet Union, two prominent composers are mentioned. One is Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975). Who is the other?

Question 3 options:

	Mikhail Glinka (1804–1857)
	Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
	Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
	Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)

Question 4 (Mandatory) (1.25 points)

In the text, it mentions a 1939 film score that employed 11 percussionists. What is the nationality of the composer of this score?

Question 4 options:

	Australian
	Chinese
	Mexican
	Polish

Question 5 (Mandatory) (1.25 points)

German composer Hanns Eisler (1989-1962) used expressionism and serial composition techniques to great effect in the 1943 film Hangmen Also Die. Eisler was caught up HUAC communist investigations. A script-writer for that film was an "unfriendly witness" in that investigation. Who was that writer?

Question 5 options:

	Upton Sinclair
	Bertolt Brecht
	John Steinbeck
	John Dewey

Question 6 (Mandatory) (1.25 points)

Many of the Hollywood composer during this era were European. In what country was composer Bernard Hermann born in 1911?

Question 6 options:

	Austria (Salzburg)
	Germany (Hannover)
	Hungary (Budapest)
	USA (New York)

Question 7 (Mandatory) (1.25 points)

How did Orson Welles meet and start working with Bernard Herrman?

Question 7 options:

	Herrmann scored a famous radio play for Welles.
	Hermann was married to a cousin of Welles' wife.
	They met on the set of Citizen Kane.
	Welles was an amateur musician, performed in an orchestra conducted by Herrmann.

Question 8 (Mandatory) (1.25 points)

According to the text, Citizen Kane is told from several different perspectives, each centered around a character, or the public view.

How many different perspectives are featured in the film?

Question 8 options:

	4
	5
	6
	10

Question 9 (Mandatory) (1.25 points)

The seminal song in Casablanca was not composed for this film. It was written by Herman Hupfeld for what purpose?

Question 9 options:

	A 1931 revue
	A clock scene in Buster Keaton film
	A musical scene in Singing in the Rain
	A New York Philharmonic Steiner tribute

Question 10 (Mandatory) (1.25 points)

In Casablanca, Max Steiner uses "Marseillaise" to represent France in the score. He uses two songs to represent Germany, one of which is "Deutschland über allies." What is the other?

Question 10 options:

	Auferstanden aus Ruinen
	Das Lied der Deutschen
	Deutschlandlied
	Die Wacht am Rhein

Question 11 (Mandatory) (1.25 points)

The 30-minute scene that the text describes as "Rick and Ugarte" is accompanied by what kind of music?

Question 11 options:

	Diegetic
	Minor key
	Vocal
	Trick question: there is no music in this scene

Question 12 (Mandatory) (1.25 points)

Composer Miklos Rosas used an electronic instrument theremin to reinforce the madness of the lead character in his score to Spellbound. In his score to Lost Weekend, what theme was the theremin used to evoke?

Question 12 options:

	Alcoholism
	Space creatures
	Early computer prototype
	Walking with high-heeled shoes

Question 13 (Mandatory) (1.25 points)

For the score to the 1944 film Laura, director Otto Preminger wanted to use a Duke Ellington song to represent the urbane, ambitious title character. What song?

Question 13 options:

	Mood Indigo
	Satin Doll
	Sophisticated Lady
	Take the "A" Train

Question 14 (Mandatory) (1.25 points)

In the text, it mentions musical features of film noir scores, e.g. Laura. Which of these is a common musical device in noir scores?

Question 14 options:

	Cheerful, easy to whistle melodies
	Large orchestral ensembles
	Wall to wall (continuous) scoring
	Wavering pitch or timbre

Question 15 (Mandatory) (1.25 points)

In 1945, composer Miklós Rózsa was nominated for an Academy Award for his score to Lost Weekend. Which composer won the Oscar that year for the score to Spellbound?

Question 15 options:

	Hugo Friedhofer
	David Raksin
	Miklós Rózsa
	Max Steiner

Question 16 (Mandatory) (1.25 points)

In the text, composer Hugo Friedhofer is compared to an American classical composer for his use of "disjunct intervals, non-traditional harmonies, syncopated rhythms, warm orchestrations." Which composer has these features in his music?

Question 16 options:

	Leonard Bernstein
	Aaron Copland
	George Gershwin
	Ferde Grofé

Question 17 (Mandatory) (1.25 points)

In the score for the 1946 film Best days of Our Lives, composer Hugo Friedhofer uses music the text describes as "Gershwinesque" as the theme to what aspect of the character Fred?

Question 17 options:

	His automobile
	His night club
	His piano playing
	His wife's loose lifestyle

Question 18 (Mandatory) (1.25 points)

The score for which film was the first to be recorded and sold as an LP record album?

Question 18 options:

	Citizen Kaine
	The 39 Steps
	Wizard of Oz
	The Jungle Book

Question 19 (Mandatory) (1.25 points)

One aspect of this era is how composers began using unique instruments in their scores. One example is the theremin, mentioned in a previous question. What instrument was featured in the Anton Karas score to the 1949 British film The Third Man?

Question 19 options:

	Crumhorn
	Hawaiian Guitar
	Vibraphone
	Zither

Question 20 (Mandatory) (1.25 points)

Aaron Copland asked that his name be removed from the credits for the 1949 film The Heiress. How come?

Question 20 options:

	He had a falling out with the lead actress playing the title character.
	He was never paid for his score.
	Producers replaced his music for the opening credits with a bad arrangement of a popular song.
	They tacked on a happy ending to the film that offended his artistic sensibilities.