MUSIC 004 Lesson 8 Quiz Answers (Penn State University)

MUSIC 004 Lesson 8 Quiz (Penn State University)

1. Bernard Herrmann was in many respects the perfect composer for a filmmaker such as Alfred Hitchcock. Which statement below is NOT characteristic of the effect of his music upon an audience?
2. Bernard Herrmann was in many respects the perfect composer for a filmmaker such as Alfred Hitchcock. Which statement below is NOT characteristic of the effect of his music upon an audience?
3. The “Psycho” theme, for all its startling originality, owes a debt to the great Russian composer, Igor Stravinsky, whose 1913 ballet, The Rite of Spring, radically transformed the world of classical music. What made Stravinsky's music so different?
4. Which of the following is NOT a technique Herrmann used in Psycho?
5. In the setup in Psycho, what do we learn about Marion and Sam?
6. In the temptation scene, which of the following does NOT contribute to our identification with Marion?
7. Which of the following factors does NOT account for the riveting nature of Marion's drive following the theft of the $40,000?
8. In the peephole scene, we see Norman replace the painting on the wall and walk out of the parlor to the house. Precisely as he begins to move forward, the strings play the obsessive rhythm pizzicato (that is, plucking the strings). What is the effect of playing this rhythm pizzicato?
9. Which of the following is NOT true of the music used in the shower scene in Psycho?
10. After Marion collapses to the bathroom floor, the camera leisurely pans over to a view of the newspaper with the money inside it. What is the intended purpose of this shot?
11. So masterfully filmed is the shower scene that we can scarcely imagine it differently. Yet, if Hitchcock had had his way, there would have been something strikingly different about it. What was it?