Music 111 - Music Appreciation » Winter 2023 » Chapter 10 Reading Quiz.

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Question #1
Music performed without instrumental accompaniment is called:
A.   a cappella singing
B.   melismatic singing
C.   responsorial singing
Question #2
What type of music is the foundation of music history?
A.   Sacred music
B.   Bach
C.   Secular music
D.   Cardi B
Question #3
Hildegard was known for all the following EXCEPT:
A.   her historical writings about the saints
B.   her visions and interpretation of the scriptures
C.   her poetry and music
Question #4
Reading of lessons and singing of psalms was a part of daily services in medieval:
A.   none of the choices
B.   monasteries and convents
C.   convents
D.   monasteries
Question #5
A melody in which there are many notes sung per syllable is referred to as:
A.   melismatic
B.   syllabic
C.   trochaic
Question #6
_______ melodic scale patterns were preferred in the Middle Ages.
A.   Major and minor
B.   Modal
C.   Octatonic
Question #7
Gregorian chant features regularly phrased melodic lines supported by instrumental accompaniment.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #8
The liturgy refers to the set order and structure of each service in the Catholic Church.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #9
Most surviving examples of Gregorian chant are anonymous.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #10
The chants of the Catholic Church used only the major and minor scale patterns found in later music.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #11
Early musical notation was fostered in monasteries and cloisters.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #12
The two main services for the Roman Catholic Church are the daily Offices and the Mass.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #13
The music of the early Christian church service was largely polyphonic.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #14
Gregorian chant can be characterized as a monophonic vocal composition.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #15
Syllabic singing is represented by more than one note per syllable.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #16
The 2nd or 3rd son of an aristocratic family, who were not likely to inherit their father’s lands, was expected to join a monastery & get a good education.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #17
The text setting in Alleluia, O virga mediatrix is mostly syllabic.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #18
A unique feature of Hildegard’s chant is her occasional use of an upward leap of a fifth, lending a dramatic feel to the music.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #19
Gregorian chant usually features multiple texts occurring simultaneously.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #20
The first type of notated secular music was plainchant.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #21
In which language are motets written?
A.   French
B.   Latin
C.   Italian
Question #22
Which of the following is NOT typical of the Renaissance motet?
A.   sometimes based on a chant
B.   set to Latin texts, often in praise of the Virgin Mary
C.   monophonic texture and sung in the vernacular
D.   for multiple voices
Question #23
Despite being of northern European birth, Josquin spent most of his career in:
A.   Spain
B.   Paris
C.   Italy
D.   England
Question #24
Composers in the Renaissance often used ________ in one voice as a basis for elaborate ornamentation in other voices.
A.   homorhythm
B.   a cappella singing
C.   a cantus firmus
D.   a Cardi B beat
Question #25
The period in which there was a surge in rational, scientific problem solving in the Renaissance is called:
A.   humanism
B.   Da Vinci effect
C.   divinity
D.   The Romanesque
Question #26
One of the most popular topics of the sacred motet was the Virgin Mary.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #27
The text of most sacred Renaissance motets was in Latin.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #28
Humanists were inspired by ancient Egyptian culture.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #29
A cappella style refers to singing with instrumental accompaniment.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #30
The use of a fixed melody in one voice was a compositional technique found in sacred Renaissance motets.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #31
The preeminent composers of sacred Renaissance motets were from southern Italy.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #32
Homorhythm, or same rhythm, describes a texture in which all of the voices are rhythmically aligned.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #33
The art and literature of ancient Greece and Rome was of little interest to artists and writers in the Renaissance.
A.   False
B.   True

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