listen to the audio clip. what is heard in this selection from the third movement of beethoven's fifth symphony? multiple choice question. the slow, quiet introduction gives way to the scherzo theme, played by the french horns. a hushed, mysterious theme is followed by the famous short-short-short-long rhythm introduced in the first movement. the hushed, mysterious theme is the end of the scherzo; the trio then depicts fate knocking at the door. a slow introduction ends, followed by a fugue in the horns representing sequential knocks of fate.