WorksheetsMiddle Ages
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What years do we consider the Middle Ages?
a)
1450-1600
b)
450-1450
c)
1000-1500
d)
1600-1750
2.
What church dominated society and the music of the Middles Ages?
a)
Catholic
b)
Scientology
c)
Mormon
d)
Jewish
3.
From what early music traditions was church music taken?
a)
African
b)
East Asian
c)
Byzantine & Jewish
d)
Russian Orthodox
4.
Liturgical music without accompaniment or strict meter is called:
a)
Cadenza
b)
Plainsong
c)
Gregorian
d)
Troubadours
5.
Which of these is NOT a type of plainsong?
a)
Syllabic
b)
Neumatic
c)
Melismatic
d)
Polyphonic
6.
Monophonic, free rhtyhm music sung by choir or soloists and named after a Pope.
a)
Gregorian Chant
b)
Organum
c)
Ordinary Mass
d)
Proper Mass
7.
Singing in parallel 4ths and 5ths
a)
Gregorian Chant
b)
Organum
c)
Ordinary Mass
d)
Proper Mass
8.
Using notes that are outside the mode of the piece (accidentals)
a)
Gregorian Chant
b)
Organum
c)
Ordinary Mass
d)
Musica ficta
9.
Worship music set to text which did not change from service to service
a)
Gregorian Chant
b)
Organum
c)
Ordinary Mass
d)
Proper Mass
10.
Worship music set to text that changed with the church calendar
a)
Gregorian Chant
b)
Organum
c)
Ordinary Mass
d)
Proper Mass
11.
Which was not a topic of secular music?
a)
News events
b)
Love
c)
Folk Songs
d)
Devotion to God
12.
The early mliddle ages were known as:
a)
Romanesque
b)
Gothic
c)
Baroque
d)
Renaissance
13.
Who was the greatest ruler of the Middle Ages?
a)
Pope Gregory
b)
Ivan the Terrible
c)
Charlemagne
d)
Donald Trump
14.
Why is early medieval music history more sketchy?
a)
Inadequate music notation
b)
Illiteracy of the people
c)
Lack of printing
d)
Poverty
15.
The late Middle Ages are called:
a)
Romanesque
b)
Gothic
c)
Baroque
d)
Renaissance
16.
Which event did not occur during the Gothic Middle Ages?
a)
Crusades
b)
Building of the pyramids
c)
Black Death/Plague
d)
Writing of 'Canterbury Tales'
17.
What rose in society during the late Middle Ages?
a)
Printing press and Industry
b)
Technology and innovation
c)
Towns & Universities
d)
Church and State
18.
The "old" art studied at the School of Notre Dame
a)
ars nova
b)
ars antiqua
c)
polyphonic counterpoint
d)
chiaroscuro
19.
Which of these composers were from the School of Notre Dame?
a)
Bach
b)
Monteverdi
c)
Leonin
d)
Dufay
20.
What composer was listed as part of 'ars nova'?
a)
Landini
b)
Leonin
c)
Perotin
d)
Salieri
21.
Triple meter and the use of 3 in sacred music referred to what?
a)
harmonic progression
b)
simple intervals
c)
key signature
d)
The Holy Trinity
22.
Which of the following instruments were NOT used in the Middle Ages
a)
lute
b)
viol
c)
euphonium
d)
harp
23.
Who was the nun known for her writings on philosophy and music?
a)
St. Joan of Arc
b)
Hildegard von Bingen
c)
Mother Theresa
d)
Melania Trump
24.
Marks above words to outline the musical notation were called:
a)
mordents
b)
turns
c)
neumes
d)
squiggles
25.
What years do we consider the Middle Ages?
a)
1450-1600
b)
450-1450
c)
1000-1500
d)
1600-1750
26.
What church dominated society and the music of the Middles Ages?
a)
Catholic
b)
Scientology
c)
Mormon
d)
Jewish
27.
From what early music traditions was church music taken?
a)
African
b)
East Asian
c)
Byzantine & Jewish
d)
Russian Orthodox
28.
Liturgical music without accompaniment or strict meter is called:
a)
Cadenza
b)
Plainsong
c)
Gregorian
d)
Troubadours
29.
Which of these is NOT a type of plainsong?
a)
Syllabic
b)
Neumatic
c)
Melismatic
d)
Polyphonic
30.
Monophonic, free rhtyhm music sung by choir or soloists and named after a Pope.
a)
Gregorian Chant
b)
Organum
c)
Ordinary Mass
d)
Proper Mass
31.
Singing in parallel 4ths and 5ths
a)
Gregorian Chant
b)
Organum
c)
Ordinary Mass
d)
Proper Mass
32.
Using notes that are outside the mode of the piece (accidentals)
a)
Gregorian Chant
b)
Organum
c)
Ordinary Mass
d)
Musica ficta
33.
Worship music set to text which did not change from service to service
a)
Gregorian Chant
b)
Organum
c)
Ordinary Mass
d)
Proper Mass
34.
Worship music set to text that changed with the church calendar
a)
Gregorian Chant
b)
Organum
c)
Ordinary Mass
d)
Proper Mass
35.
Which was not a topic of secular music?
a)
News events
b)
Love
c)
Folk Songs
d)
Devotion to God
36.
The early mliddle ages were known as:
a)
Romanesque
b)
Gothic
c)
Baroque
d)
Renaissance
37.
Who was the greatest ruler of the Middle Ages?
a)
Pope Gregory
b)
Ivan the Terrible
c)
Charlemagne
d)
Donald Trump
38.
Why is early medieval music history more sketchy?
a)
Inadequate music notation
b)
Illiteracy of the people
c)
Lack of printing
d)
Poverty
39.
The late Middle Ages are called:
a)
Romanesque
b)
Gothic
c)
Baroque
d)
Renaissance
40.
Which event did not occur during the Gothic Middle Ages?
a)
Crusades
b)
Building of the pyramids
c)
Black Death/Plague
d)
Writing of 'Canterbury Tales'
41.
What rose in society during the late Middle Ages?
a)
Printing press and Industry
b)
Technology and innovation
c)
Towns & Universities
d)
Church and State
42.
The "old" art studied at the School of Notre Dame
a)
ars nova
b)
ars antiqua
c)
polyphonic counterpoint
d)
chiaroscuro
43.
Which of these composers were from the School of Notre Dame?
a)
Bach
b)
Monteverdi
c)
Leonin
d)
Dufay
44.
What composer was listed as part of 'ars nova'?
a)
Landini
b)
Leonin
c)
Perotin
d)
Salieri
45.
Triple meter and the use of 3 in sacred music referred to what?
a)
harmonic progression
b)
simple intervals
c)
key signature
d)
The Holy Trinity
46.
Which of the following instruments were NOT used in the Middle Ages
a)
lute
b)
viol
c)
euphonium
d)
harp
47.
Who was the nun known for her writings on philosophy and music?
a)
St. Joan of Arc
b)
Hildegard von Bingen
c)
Mother Theresa
d)
Melania Trump
48.
Marks above words to outline the musical notation were called:
a)
mordents
b)
turns
c)
neumes
d)
squiggles
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