Medieval Period Review

Which of these people would not know how to read during the medieval period?

• monks

• priests

• nobles

• peasants

Where did servants sleep in a medieval manor home?

• barracks

• Great Hall

• store rooms

Which author wrote "Romeo and Juliet" and "Hamlet"?

• Geoffrey Chaucer

• William Shakespeare

True or false: Secular music is music composed for the church.

• True

• False

Which of these is NOT true about Gregorian chant?

• It was sung in English.

• It was named after Pope Gregory I.

• It was monophonic.

• It was performed 'a capella' (without instruments).

What was an innovative style of music that helped to transition medieval music to the renaissance music.

• Motet

• Madrigal

• Ars nova

• Gregorian chant

What is a piece of music where the singers perform the same music but come in at different times?

• Madrigal

• Canon

• Motet

• Gregorian chant

Who were working musicians that wandered from town to town singing, playing instruments, dancing, juggling, and performing magic tricks?

• Jongleurs

• Troubadours

Which two composers were choirmasters at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris?

• Leonin

• Hildegard von Bingen

• Perotin

• Guillaume de Machaut

Which composer also wrote books about theology, botany, and medicine?

• Leonin

• Hildegard von Bingen

• Perotin

• Guillaume de Machaut