Question

What is the form for a Classical symphony?
Responses

sonata – slower – minuet or scherzo – ronda or sonata
sonata – slower – minuet or scherzo – ronda or sonata

exposition – development – recapitulation
exposition – development – recapitulation

sonata – minuet – scherzo – sonata
sonata – minuet – scherzo – sonata

rondo – sonata – slower – sonata
rondo – sonata – slower – sonata

Answer 1

The correct form is:
sonata – slower – minuet (or scherzo) – rondo (or sonata)

Explanation: a Classical symphony typically has four movements:
1) fast, in sonata‑allegro (sonata) form (exposition–development–recapitulation)
2) slow (various forms: song, theme & variations, slow sonata, etc.)
3) minuet and trio (Haydn/Mozart) later often replaced by a scherzo and trio (Beethoven onward)
4) finale usually a rondo, sonata, or sonata‑rondo hybrid.

(“ronda” in the choices is a misspelling of “rondo”.)