Germ 280 Final Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed
Match the names on the left with the acts, phrases, and ideas on the right!
Sir Neville Chamberlain
von Stauffenberg
Thomas Mann
Arnold Schoenberg
C. Austrian modernist composer, living in exile in Los Angeles - Answers A. Waves a piece of
paper at the 1938 Munich Peace Agreement, saying "Peace in our time!"
B. Attempts to assassinate Hitler and stage a coup
D. Writes the modernist novel "The Magic Mountain"; is forced into exile by the Nazis, as he is
married to a Jewish women
C. Austrian modernist composer, living in exile in Los Angeles
Match the style of of the building with the name of the famous building in Vienna!
Votiv Church
Parliament Building
University
Postsparkasse (Post Office Bank) - Answers D. Gothic Style
A. Greek Style
C. Renaissance Style
B. Modernist Style
Match the name of the famous resident of Vienna around 1900 to the movement, artwork,
composition, or idea on the right.
Sigmund Freud
,Richard Strauss
Gustav Klimt
Arnold Schoenberg - Answers A. Psychoanalysis
B. Salome
C. The Viennese Secession Movement
D. Pierrot Lunaire
Match the Wagnerian concept/innovation with its correct explanation/definition.
Gesamtkunstwerk
Leitmotif
Bayreuther Festspielhaus
Wagner's Ring - Answers A. A total work of art; something that includes many other arts,
including drama, poetry, music, etc.
B. A musical theme that accompanies a character or idea repeatedly
D. A modern theater designed especially for the performances of Wagner's works; its
innovations include a hidden orchestra pit and an emphasis on acoustics.
C. A cycle of four intertwined operas telling a major story from Norse mythology
Match the author or artist with the work we discussed in class this week!
Germany, A Winter's Tale
The Song of the Germans (German National Anthem)
Uprising of the Weavers (Ein Weberaufstand)
, In the Iron Foundry (Das Eisenwalzwerk) - Answers C. Heinrich Heine
B. Hoffmann von Fallersleben
A. Käthe Kollwitz
D. Adolf von Menzel
The German name for the German confederation--the 16 territories that were united as a group
under Napoleon--was the _________________. - Answers Rheinbund or Rhinebund
Who argued that German nationalism could only succeed if Germans were physically trained
(via gymnastics) for the fight to come?
Spitzweg
Arndt
Jahn
Fichte - Answers Jahn
Danton and Robespierre were closely associated with the reign of Terror that followed the
French revolution.
True
False - Answers True
Which poet wrote these lines of nationalist poetry in the early 19th century:
What is the fatherland of the Germans? / Now finally name that country! / As far as the German
tongue is used / and God in heaven sings his songs /That shall it be!
Heine
Arndt
Rückert
Match the names on the left with the acts, phrases, and ideas on the right!
Sir Neville Chamberlain
von Stauffenberg
Thomas Mann
Arnold Schoenberg
C. Austrian modernist composer, living in exile in Los Angeles - Answers A. Waves a piece of
paper at the 1938 Munich Peace Agreement, saying "Peace in our time!"
B. Attempts to assassinate Hitler and stage a coup
D. Writes the modernist novel "The Magic Mountain"; is forced into exile by the Nazis, as he is
married to a Jewish women
C. Austrian modernist composer, living in exile in Los Angeles
Match the style of of the building with the name of the famous building in Vienna!
Votiv Church
Parliament Building
University
Postsparkasse (Post Office Bank) - Answers D. Gothic Style
A. Greek Style
C. Renaissance Style
B. Modernist Style
Match the name of the famous resident of Vienna around 1900 to the movement, artwork,
composition, or idea on the right.
Sigmund Freud
,Richard Strauss
Gustav Klimt
Arnold Schoenberg - Answers A. Psychoanalysis
B. Salome
C. The Viennese Secession Movement
D. Pierrot Lunaire
Match the Wagnerian concept/innovation with its correct explanation/definition.
Gesamtkunstwerk
Leitmotif
Bayreuther Festspielhaus
Wagner's Ring - Answers A. A total work of art; something that includes many other arts,
including drama, poetry, music, etc.
B. A musical theme that accompanies a character or idea repeatedly
D. A modern theater designed especially for the performances of Wagner's works; its
innovations include a hidden orchestra pit and an emphasis on acoustics.
C. A cycle of four intertwined operas telling a major story from Norse mythology
Match the author or artist with the work we discussed in class this week!
Germany, A Winter's Tale
The Song of the Germans (German National Anthem)
Uprising of the Weavers (Ein Weberaufstand)
, In the Iron Foundry (Das Eisenwalzwerk) - Answers C. Heinrich Heine
B. Hoffmann von Fallersleben
A. Käthe Kollwitz
D. Adolf von Menzel
The German name for the German confederation--the 16 territories that were united as a group
under Napoleon--was the _________________. - Answers Rheinbund or Rhinebund
Who argued that German nationalism could only succeed if Germans were physically trained
(via gymnastics) for the fight to come?
Spitzweg
Arndt
Jahn
Fichte - Answers Jahn
Danton and Robespierre were closely associated with the reign of Terror that followed the
French revolution.
True
False - Answers True
Which poet wrote these lines of nationalist poetry in the early 19th century:
What is the fatherland of the Germans? / Now finally name that country! / As far as the German
tongue is used / and God in heaven sings his songs /That shall it be!
Heine
Arndt
Rückert
