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1.
The motet was a polyphonic choral work.
A)True
B)False
2.
Renaissance composers often used a technique known as word painting to express the text through music.
A)True
B)False
3.
The lute is a bowed string instrument.
A)True
B)False
4.
Musical settings of the Renaissance mass were not polyphonic.
A)True
B)False
5.
Humanism focused on Biblical stories.
A)True
B)False
6.
Madrigals were sung by cultured aristocrats.
A)True
B)False
7.
English madrigals tended to be more solemn than Italian madrigals.
A)True
B)False
8.
Court dances were often performed in pairs with contrasting meters.
A)True
B)False
9.
The Council of Trent expressed concern that the polyphony in church music was not complex enough.
A)True
B)False
10.
The shawm was a double reed ancestor of the oboe.
A)True
B)False





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