Help (SOON!) from Canadians who have taken History 3 RCM exam.

[lagin]

Help!  I have my history 3 exam in a few weeks and I'm so not sure if I'm even close to being prepared for it.  Do I need to memorize every incy bit of a work such as Beethoven's fifth ie:
Theme one, based on familiar 4 note motive, in c- minor.
Motive treated sequentially
Expansion from 4 note motive
Horns modulate to key of second theme
Theme 2:
More lyrical
In woodwinds
In Eb Major
Heard against rhythm of 4 note motive
Closing theme:
Descending staccato passage
Then 4 note motive
Repeat of exposition

This is only the exposition of the first movement!  My teacher says to learn all 14 required pieces this way!  No wonder her students got high marks.  Have any of you taken the Canadian RCM History 3 exam.  Is this what they're looking for?

By the way, I remembered all that because the first letters of each line go:
The Monkeys Eat Hot Tomatoes Mondays In Igloos.  Here Cats Don't Try Rats.

[IanT]

If you can produce answers to that level of detail for all the featured pieces then you'll probably get 100%.  The question is: Do you want a high mark so desperately that you're willing to do all that work?

They tend to award marks for each fact that you mention in your answer so if you can just memorize 10-20 of the most important facts for each piece you should do OK.

Ian

[lagin]

Well, I'm still gonna try since I've done so much already, but I'm gonna stop being as stressed as I was since it's not so necessary to know all that info.  Thanks.  You've relieved me greatly!  In fact, I've actually stopped dreading the test!  Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!