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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A dancing.
B religion.
C the Crusades.
D love.
Question #2
A piece for several solo voices set to a short poem, usually about love.
B polyphonic choral composition made up of five sections.
C polyphonic choral work set to a sacred Latin text.
D dancelike song for several solo voices.
Question #3
A read musical notation.
B All answers are correct.
C be skilled in dance.
D play a musical instrument.
Question #4
A with the members of the congregation.
B with proper pronunciation and tone quality.
C exclusively in the English language.
D away from the actual religious services.
Question #5
A protests of Martin Luther.
B complaints of Desiderius Erasmus.
C music of Palestrina.
D deliberations of the Council of Trent.
Question #7
A polyphonic choral work set to a sacred Latin text other than the ordinary of the mass.
B polyphonic choral composition made up of five sections.
C piece for several solo voices set to a short poem, usually about love.
D dancelike song for several solo voices.
Question #8
A The castle
B The church
C The king’s court
D The merchant’s living room
Question #9
A Italy.
B Germany.
C Flanders.
D Spain.
Question #10
A The Renaissance period is sometimes called “the golden age” of a cappella choral music.
B The texture of Renaissance music is chiefly polyphonic.
C Renaissance composers often used word painting, a musical representation of specific poetic images.
D Instrumental music became more important than vocal music during the Renaissance.
Question #11
A Spain.
B Scandinavia.
C Flanders.
D England.
Question #12
A 1150 and 1450.
B 1000 and 1150.
C 1600 and 1750.
D 1450 and 1600.
Question #13
A monks in monasteries.
B professors in universities.
C wandering minstrels or jongleurs.
D knights in castles.
Question #14
A Credo
B Gloria
C Ave Maria
D Kyrie
Question #15
A Pope Gregory I.
B Guillaume de Machaut.
C Leonin.
D Perotin.
Question #16
A paintings from the new world.
B German music of the sixteenth century.
C the new art of baroque painters.
D Italian and French music of the fourteenth century.
Question #17
A Pope Gregory and Chastelain de Couci.
B All answers are correct.
C Leonin and Perotin.
D Machaut and Josquin.
Question #18
A All answers are correct.
B are the first important composers known by name.
C indicated definite time values and a clearly defined meter in their music.
D were the leaders of the school of Notre Dame.
Question #19
A placing new melodic lines against known chants.
B adding orchestral instruments to church music.
C harmonizing melodies with chords.
D having some singers embellish the sermon during church services.
Question #20
A Rome.
B London.
C Reims.
D Paris.
Question #21
A Alleluia
B Ostinato
C Organum
D Jongleurs
Question #22
A the French nobles began to sing hunting songs together.
B monks in monastery choirs began to add a second melodic line to Gregorian chant.
C All answers are correct.
D musicians composed new music to accompany dancing.
Question #23
A The humanists focused on human life and its accomplishments.
B The humanists were captivated by the pagan cultures of ancient Greece and Rome.
C The humanists were basically atheistic in their beliefs.
D The Madonna was treated as a beautiful young woman.
Question #24
A dance.
B song of worship.
C secular song form.
D stringed instrument.
Question #25
A church services.
B dancing.
C monks and nuns.
D monasteries.
Question #26
A All answers are correct.
B performed music and acrobatics in castles, taverns, and town squares.
C played instrumental dances on harps, fiddles, and lutes.
D lived on the lowest level of society.
Question #27
A Hildegard of Bingen.
B Frauenlob.
C Beatriz de Dia.
D Péronne d’Armentières.
Question #28
A the nuns of Rupertsberg.
B Pope Gregory I.
C Hildegard of Bingen.
D the monks at the church of St. Trophime.
Question #29
A abbess of the convent at Rupertsberg.
B a visionary and mystic active in religious and diplomatic affairs.
C the first woman composer to leave a large number of works that have survived.
D All answers are correct.
Question #30
A is often used in Gregorian chants.
B is a Latinized form of the Hebrew word hallelujah.
C may be translated as “praise ye the Lord.”
D All answers are correct.
Question #31
A different from the major and minor scales in that they consist of only six different tones.
B like the major and minor scales in that they consist of seven different tones.
C completely different from any other form of scale.
D different from the major and minor scales in that they consist of only five different tones.
Question #32
A focused on human life and its accomplishments.
B condemned any remnant of pagan antiquity.
C focused on the afterlife in heaven and hell.
D treated the Madonna as a childlike unearthly creature.
Question #33
A fourteenth
B sixth
C ninth
D thirteenth
Question #34
A the salvation service and the holiness service.
B the monastery and the convent.
C the worship service and the praise service.
D the office and the mass.
Question #35
A published all of the Gregorian chants.
B composed all of the Gregorian chants.
C reorganized the Catholic church liturgy during his reign from 590 to 604.
D All answers are correct.
Question #36
A infrequently, remaining on a single tone for long stretches.
B by leaps over a wide range of pitches.
C stepwise within a narrow range of pitches.
D only by perfect intervals.
Question #37
A It conveys a calm, otherworldly quality.
B It is usually polyphonic in texture.
C Its rhythm is flexible, without meter.
D The melodies tend to move by step within a narrow range of pitches.
Question #38
A was the official music of the Roman Catholic church for more than 1,000 years.
B All answers are correct.
C is set to sacred Latin texts.
D retained some elements of the Jewish synagogue of the first centuries after Christ.
Question #39
A estampies.
B Trouvère songs.
C Gregorian chant.
D contemporary gospel.
Question #40
A encouraged the use of music as a highlight of
B preferred instrumental music in
C wanted music only as a discreet accompaniment to
D forbade the use of music in
Question #41
A performed by as many musical instruments as possible.
B used only with wind instruments.
C banned entirely.
D used only as a discreet accompaniment.
Question #42
A frustrated the nobles in their attempts to control the church.
B bothered the clergy because they distracted the listeners from worship.
C added a sacred quality to the mass.
D made it possible for more musicians to be employed.
Question #43
A stately dance in duple meter similar to the pavane.
B lively dance in triple meter.
C wooden instrument with a cup-shaped mouthpiece.
D silly, humorous dance in duple meter.
Question #44
A earlier role in pagan rites.
B association with minstrels and jongleurs.
C sacred quality and background.
D use in early Jewish religious ceremonies.
Question #45
A the piano.
B religious worship.
C the concert hall.
D dancing.
Question #46
A Much of the instrumental music composed during the Renaissance was intended for church use.
B A wealth of dance music published during the sixteenth century has survived.
C Secular music contained more rapid changes of mood than sacred music.
D Secular vocal music was written for groups of solo voices and for solo voice with instrumental accompaniment.
Question #47
A five
B three
C two
D four
Question #48
A polyphonic
B imitative
C homophonic
D monophonic
Question #49
A shawm
B regals
C sackbut
D lute
Question #50
A 1150-1450.
B 450-1000.
C 1000-1150.
D 450-1450.
