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