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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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