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