Ancient/Medieval Music Quiz

What musical stringed instrument was popular in Ancient Greek and Ancient Rome and continued to be a modern emblem of music?_____________________

• Flute

• Lyre

• Piano

• Dulcimer

The subjects of the greek system of education ("Quadrivium") were Arithmetic, Geometry, Astronomy, and (a)  

What Ancient Greek discovered mathematical principles alongside furthering an understanding of music?

• Socrates

• Plato

• Pythagoras

• Anaximander

When did the Middle Ages begin?

• after the Greek Empire

• after the Roman Empire

• after the Egyptian Empire

• after the Myan Empire

What part of the world is mostly responsible for the origins of "Western Classical Music?"

• America

• Europe

• Asia

• Middle East

When was the Medieval Era?

• 1492
• 500-100 BC
• 450-1450 AD
• 1600-1650

The first 1400 years of "Western Music" was dominated by

• Alexander the Great

• Organum

• Pope Gregory

• The Church

Sacred music is...

• Music used for religious services or purpose

• The same as secular music

• Always monophonic

• Always polyphonic

What is music that is not related to religion or religious services called?

• Sacred

• Secular

• Seikilos

• Plainchant

Plainchant is...

• Unaccompanied, monophonic, sacred vocal music

• Played on an organ

• Music featuring two or more independent melodies

• Secular music