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1
The oldest Western music about which we have extensive knowledge is ___________ music.
A)Baroque
B)Romantic
C)Medieval
D)Classical
2
As Western art music has evolved, all of the following has been TRUE except
A)each period has retained the most useful features of the previous style.
B)each period has introduced changes in style that appealed to contemporary tastes.
C)the process of change and development has been illogical and random.
D)over time there have been significant changes in musical style.
3
Medieval melodies were based upon modal scales
A)that sound relatively unfamiliar to modern listeners.
B)that can be played using just the white keys on the piano.
C)each of which has a unique pattern and characteristic mood or sound.
D)all of the above.
4
The Medieval modes beginning on the notes _____ and _____ eventually became the minor and major scales of the tonal system.
A)E and G
B)F and A
C)G and B
D)A and C
5
Medieval polyphony consisted of independent melodic lines that were intended to be heard in a linear rather than a vertical (harmonic) way.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
6
Medieval music is characterized by the heavy sonorities of loud instruments and large ensembles.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
7
Many contemporary composers reflect the strong influence of the Medieval style, using ______ scales and other Medieval concepts.
A)major
B)minor
C)modal
D)tonal
8
Each of the following directly influenced the music of Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire except
A)Jewish chants and rites.
B)the music theory of the ancient Greeks.
C)the pagan religion of the Roman Empire.
D)the values of the Christian church.
9
The art of the Middle Ages was strongly affected by each of the following except
A)the mystic, fatalistic persuasion of the time.
B)accurate and realistic portrayal of the human figure.
C)ethereal representations of saints and martyrs.
D)highly decorative, detailed drawings.
10
Twelfth-century churches in the _____________ architectural style raised incredibly delicate walls and towering spires toward heaven.
A)Doric
B)Gothic
C)Tonic
D)Ionic
11
The most common subject matter for Medieval art is
A)romantic love.
B)the royal family.
C)Greek and Roman mythology.
D)none of the above.
12
After the fall of Rome in the fifth century a.d., the _________ became the only effective unifying force in the Western world.
A)study of music
B)Greek myths
C)Christian church
D)Magna Carta
13
Gregorian chant was usually sung in _________, so that all of the voices sang the same melody at the same time unaccompanied by instruments.
A)unison
B)fourths
C)fifths
D)octaves
14
In the sixth century a.d., who collected, organized, and codified the chants for use by the Christian churches in the Western world?
A)Pope John
B)Pope Gregory
C)Pope Paul
D)Pope Pius
15
The rhythm in Gregorian chant is usually
A)free and flexible.
B)in duple meter.
C)in triple meter.
D)in quadruple meter.
16
Because of the way it extends each syllable, a syllabic setting is especially suitable for a short text.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
17
The earliest examples of polyphony were called organum.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
18
Although Gregorian chant forms the starting point for the Western tradition of art music, it was originally intended to enhance worship rather than to entertain listeners.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
19
The features of organum include all of the following except
A)it combined new melodies with Gregorian chant.
B)it had almost no influence on the music of later periods.
C)it was first created by Christian monks.
D)it began in the ninth century.
20
The composition and performance of love songs in twelfth-century France was associated with
A)minstrels.
B)trouvÈres.
C)troubadours.
D)all of the above.
21
The Medieval motet has all of the following characteristics except
A)a mixture of secular and religious texts.
B)strikingly similar voices and instruments.
C)French and Latin languages.
D)three- and four-voice compositions.
22
The twelfth- or thirteenth-century English piece "Sumer is icumen in" is an example of a
A)canon.
B)chant.
C)motet.
D)madrigal.
23
A canon is a polyphonic composition in which all of the voices perform the same melody, beginning at the same time.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
24
"Sumer is icumen in" employs a repeated bass motive called a(n)
A)obligato.
B)sequence.
C)ostinato.
D)continuo.
25
The most important string instrument of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, an ancestor of the Renaissance viol and the modern violin, was the
A)voilles.
B)vielle.
C)viola.
D)voix.
26
A common Medieval instrument in which one or more reed pipes were attached to a windbag that supplied the pipes with air was called a
A)mouth organ.
B)bagpipe.
C)reedbag.
D)woodwind.
27
All of the following instruments were used for Medieval music except
A)trumpets and horns.
B)harpsichords.
C)organs.
D)drums.
28
The only purely instrumental music that has survived from the Middle Ages consists of various popular dances.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
29
During the Medieval period, women were excluded from singing in church congregations or choirs, in accordance with the apostle Paul's instruction that women should "keep silence in the church."
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
30
Abbess Hildegard of Bingen was
A)a composer of Medieval secular songs and dances.
B)a famous author of secular poetry.
C)a twelfth-century composer of sacred song and chant.
D)a composer and performer of minstrel music.
31
At the beginning of the fourteenth century, there was a conscious effort to write music in a new style called the
A)ars antiqua.
B)ars nova.
C)bossa antiqua.
D)bossa nova.
32
In the fourteenth century, a new, more optimistic era known as the Age of Humanism emerged in
A)Italy.
B)France.
C)England.
D)Germany.
33
During the fourteenth century, all of the following occurred except
A)the power and influence of the Church was weakening.
B)awareness of the differences between sacred and secular music grew.
C)a third of the European population was killed by the Black Death.
D)people lived long lives, secure in the safety of their homes.
34
During the fourteenth century all of the following took place except
A)Dante wrote the epic poem Divine Comedy.
B)Christian monks created the first works of organum.
C)Giotto ushered in a more natural style of painting.
D)Chaucer wrote the Canterbury Tales.
35
The ___________ is the main worship service of the Catholic church.
A)Mass
B)Liturgy
C)Eucharist
D)Requiem
36
The variable portions of the Mass are called the Proper, since they are "proper" only at certain times.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
37
The liturgy, or words of the Mass, were first spoken in Greek, but were changed to Latin by the Catholic church from the third century until the 1960s.
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
38
The first complete setting of the entire Ordinary of the Mass by one composer is thought to be the Missa Notre Dame, by ____________, a fourteenth-century poet and musician.
A)Josquin des Prez
B)Guillaume de Machaut
C)Hildegard of Bingen
D)Simone Martini





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