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