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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A dancing.
B religion.
C the Crusades.
D love.
Question #2
A polyphonic choral work set to a sacred Latin text.
B piece for several solo voices set to a short poem, usually about love.
C polyphonic choral composition made up of five sections.
D dancelike song for several solo voices.
Question #3
A play a musical instrument.
B All answers are correct.
C read musical notation.
D be skilled in dance.
Question #4
A with proper pronunciation and tone quality.
B with the members of the congregation.
C exclusively in the English language.
D away from the actual religious services.
Question #5
A protests of Martin Luther.
B music of Palestrina.
C deliberations of the Council of Trent.
D complaints of Desiderius Erasmus.
Question #7
A dancelike song for several solo voices.
B piece for several solo voices set to a short poem, usually about love.
C polyphonic choral composition made up of five sections.
D polyphonic choral work set to a sacred Latin text other than the ordinary of the mass.
Question #8
A The merchant’s living room
B The castle
C The church
D The king’s court
Question #9
A Germany.
B Italy.
C Flanders.
D Spain.
Question #10
A Instrumental music became more important than vocal music during the Renaissance.
B The texture of Renaissance music is chiefly polyphonic.
C The Renaissance period is sometimes called “the golden age” of a cappella choral music.
D Renaissance composers often used word painting, a musical representation of specific poetic images.
Question #11
A Flanders.
B England.
C Spain.
D Scandinavia.
Question #12
A 1450 and 1600.
B 1150 and 1450.
C 1600 and 1750.
D 1000 and 1150.
Question #13
A monks in monasteries.
B wandering minstrels or jongleurs.
C professors in universities.
D knights in castles.
Question #14
A Credo
B Kyrie
C Ave Maria
D Gloria
Question #15
A Leonin.
B Guillaume de Machaut.
C Pope Gregory I.
D Perotin.
Question #16
A paintings from the new world.
B the new art of baroque painters.
C Italian and French music of the fourteenth century.
D German music of the sixteenth century.
Question #17
A Machaut and Josquin.
B All answers are correct.
C Leonin and Perotin.
D Pope Gregory and Chastelain de Couci.
Question #18
A indicated definite time values and a clearly defined meter in their music.
B All answers are correct.
C are the first important composers known by name.
D were the leaders of the school of Notre Dame.
Question #19
A having some singers embellish the sermon during church services.
B adding orchestral instruments to church music.
C harmonizing melodies with chords.
D placing new melodic lines against known chants.
Question #20
A Rome.
B Paris.
C London.
D Reims.
Question #21
A Ostinato
B Jongleurs
C Organum
D Alleluia
Question #22
A the French nobles began to sing hunting songs together.
B monks in monastery choirs began to add a second melodic line to Gregorian chant.
C musicians composed new music to accompany dancing.
D All answers are correct.
Question #23
A The Madonna was treated as a beautiful young woman.
B The humanists were basically atheistic in their beliefs.
C The humanists were captivated by the pagan cultures of ancient Greece and Rome.
D The humanists focused on human life and its accomplishments.
Question #24
A secular song form.
B dance.
C stringed instrument.
D song of worship.
Question #25
A monasteries.
B monks and nuns.
C church services.
D dancing.
Question #26
A All answers are correct.
B performed music and acrobatics in castles, taverns, and town squares.
C lived on the lowest level of society.
D played instrumental dances on harps, fiddles, and lutes.
Question #27
A Péronne d’Armentières.
B Hildegard of Bingen.
C Beatriz de Dia.
D Frauenlob.
Question #28
A the nuns of Rupertsberg.
B Hildegard of Bingen.
C Pope Gregory I.
D the monks at the church of St. Trophime.
Question #29
A abbess of the convent at Rupertsberg.
B a visionary and mystic active in religious and diplomatic affairs.
C All answers are correct.
D the first woman composer to leave a large number of works that have survived.
Question #30
A is often used in Gregorian chants.
B All answers are correct.
C is a Latinized form of the Hebrew word hallelujah.
D may be translated as “praise ye the Lord.”
Question #31
A completely different from any other form of scale.
B different from the major and minor scales in that they consist of only five different tones.
C like the major and minor scales in that they consist of seven different tones.
D different from the major and minor scales in that they consist of only six different tones.
Question #32
A condemned any remnant of pagan antiquity.
B treated the Madonna as a childlike unearthly creature.
C focused on human life and its accomplishments.
D focused on the afterlife in heaven and hell.
Question #33
A thirteenth
B ninth
C fourteenth
D sixth
Question #34
A the office and the mass.
B the worship service and the praise service.
C the salvation service and the holiness service.
D the monastery and the convent.
Question #35
A composed all of the Gregorian chants.
B reorganized the Catholic church liturgy during his reign from 590 to 604.
C published all of the Gregorian chants.
D All answers are correct.
Question #36
A infrequently, remaining on a single tone for long stretches.
B stepwise within a narrow range of pitches.
C only by perfect intervals.
D by leaps over a wide range of pitches.
Question #37
A The melodies tend to move by step within a narrow range of pitches.
B It is usually polyphonic in texture.
C It conveys a calm, otherworldly quality.
D Its rhythm is flexible, without meter.
Question #38
A is set to sacred Latin texts.
B retained some elements of the Jewish synagogue of the first centuries after Christ.
C was the official music of the Roman Catholic church for more than 1,000 years.
D All answers are correct.
Question #39
A Gregorian chant.
B estampies.
C contemporary gospel.
D Trouvère songs.
Question #40
A forbade the use of music in
B wanted music only as a discreet accompaniment to
C preferred instrumental music in
D encouraged the use of music as a highlight of
Question #41
A performed by as many musical instruments as possible.
B banned entirely.
C used only as a discreet accompaniment.
D used only with wind instruments.
Question #42
A added a sacred quality to the mass.
B bothered the clergy because they distracted the listeners from worship.
C made it possible for more musicians to be employed.
D frustrated the nobles in their attempts to control the church.
Question #43
A lively dance in triple meter.
B stately dance in duple meter similar to the pavane.
C silly, humorous dance in duple meter.
D wooden instrument with a cup-shaped mouthpiece.
Question #44
A sacred quality and background.
B association with minstrels and jongleurs.
C use in early Jewish religious ceremonies.
D earlier role in pagan rites.
Question #45
A the piano.
B the concert hall.
C dancing.
D religious worship.
Question #46
A Secular vocal music was written for groups of solo voices and for solo voice with instrumental accompaniment.
B A wealth of dance music published during the sixteenth century has survived.
C Secular music contained more rapid changes of mood than sacred music.
D Much of the instrumental music composed during the Renaissance was intended for church use.
Question #47
A two
B three
C four
D five
Question #48
A homophonic
B polyphonic
C monophonic
D imitative
Question #49
A shawm
B sackbut
C lute
D regals
Question #50
A 1150-1450.
B 1000-1150.
C 450-1450.
D 450-1000.
