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1
The Renaissance madrigal began around 1520 in
A)England
B)France
C)Italy
D)Flanders
2
A versatile plucked string instrument with a body shaped like half a pear, popular during the Renaissance, was the
A)lute
B)recorder
C)viol
D)shawm
3
Which of the following is not a characteristic of the Renaissance ballett?
A)a dancelike song for several voices
B)mostly polyphonic texture
C)the syllables fa-la used as a refrain
D)repetition of the same music for each stanza of the poem
4
Thomas Weelkes's As Vesta Was Descending is notable for its
A)word painting
B)completely homophonic texture
C)instrumental accompaniment
D)monophonic texture
5
Much of the instrumental music composed during the Renaissance was intended for
A)the concert hall
B)religious worship
C)dancing
D)the piano
6
The madrigal anthology The Triumphes of Oriana was written in honor of
A)Queen Anne
B)King Henry VIII
C)the goddess Diana
D)Queen Elizabeth I
7
A madrigal, like a motet, is a vocal composition that combines homophonic and polyphonic textures, but it differs from the motet in that it
A)uses a vernacular rather than Latin text
B)more often uses word painting and unusual harmonies
C)both a and b
D)neither a nor b
8
The development of the English madrigal can be traced to 1588 and considered a result
A)of the Spanish armada
B)of a decree by Queen Elizabeth
C)of the writings of Shakespeare
D)of the publication in London of a volume of translated Italian madrigals
9
The _____________ is a stately dance in duple meter similar to the pavanne.
A)galliard
B)passamezzo
C)saltarello
D)minuet
10
During the Renaissance every educated person was expected to
A)play an instrument
B)dance
C)read notation
D)all of the above





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