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Unit 2 Medieval and Renaissance

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which event did not occur during the Middle Ages?

a)

William the Conquer invaded England

b)

​Martin Luther posted the Ninety-Five Theses

c)

Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor

d)

Chaucer wrote Canterbury Tales

e)

the Gothic Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris constructed

2.

Which religious service was most important to the medieval monks and nuns who lived, worked, and prayed in the monasteries?

a)

the chanson

b)

the Benedictine

c)

Matins

d)

Vespers

e)

the mass

3.

What type of music was sung for the religious services of the monastery?

a)

the chanson

b)

the carol

c)

Gregorian chant (plainsong)

d)

organum

4.

Identify the activity that began in the monasteries of Western Europe around the year 1000.

a)

the composition of Gregorian chant

b)

polyphonic settings of the Mass Ordinary

c)

musical notation, with notes placed on lines and spaces

d)

the composition of sacred music by monks known as Troubadours

5.

Four of the statements about Gregorian chant are correct. Which one is wrong?

a)

monophonic vocal music

b)

setting of sacred Latin texts for the monastic hours of prayer and the Mass

c)

typically unaccompanied by instruments

d)

Pope Gregory the Great was the first composer of this genre of sacred music, writing so many that it was named after him

6.

Given to the church as a tithe while still a child, this composer of Gregorian chant later founded a convent; popes as well as kings sought her advice.

a)

Beatriz, Countess of Dia

b)

Weelkes

c)

Hildegard of Bingen

d)

Machaut

7.

What is the term for the early polyphony of the Western Church?​

a)

organum

b)

​melismatic singing

c)

motet

d)

chanson

8.

Identify the composer who wrote four-voice organum for the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris.

a)

Perotinus

b)

Palestrina

c)

Machaut

d)

Josquin

9.

Identify the incorrect statement about the tenor voice as it is used in organum.

a)

based on a chant melody

b)

moves more slowly than the newly composed upper voices

c)

line always doubled by an instrumental accompaniment

d)

term based on the Latin and French words that mean “to hold”

10.

During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, musicians devised a system called “mensural notation” to specify rhythmic duration as well as pitch.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The most important composer of the fourteenth century and the first one to set the five texts of the Ordinary of the Mass into a single, integrated composition, this individual was also a gifted poet whose literary works are as significant as those of his English counterpart, Geoffrey Chaucer.

a)

Hildegard of Bingen

b)

Weekles

c)

Machaut

d)

Josquin

12.

The Ordinary of the Mass describes:

a)

chants with unvarying texts that are sung virtually everyday

b)

those parts of the Mass not sung in polyphony

c)

chants that were particularly associated with Pope Gregory the Great

d)

chants sung during the Mass based on direct quotations from the Bible

13.

__________ composed the Messe de Nostre Dame, a polyphonic work setting all the chants of the Ordinary of the Mass.

a)

Hildegard of Bingen

b)

Machaut

c)

Palestrina

d)

Josquin

14.

Troubadours and trouvères invented the musical genre known as:

a)

raimbaut

b)

madrigal

c)

chanson

d)

motet

15.

__________ was not a member of the clergy, but was married, lived in southern France during the middle of the twelfth century, and wrote chansons.

a)

Palestrina

b)

Beatriz, Countess of Dia

c)

Hildegard of Bingen

d)

Barbara Strozzi

16.

Which genre is typically in strophic form and normally concludes each verse with a refrain?

a)

carol

b)

polyphonic Mass

c)

organum

d)

chanson

17.

The Agincourt Carol was written to commemorate:

a)

the completion of the Abbey of Agincourt

b)

an important military victory by the army of Henry V during the Hundred Years’ War

c)

the return of Richard the Lionheart to the throne of England

d)

the coronation of Joan of Arc as Queen of France

18.

Because medieval musicians could play a melody on the ________ while simultaneously providing a basic chordal accompaniment, the instrument’s function was not dissimilar to that of our modern guitar.

a)

vielle

b)

harp

c)

trumpet

d)

bas

19.

Which statement does not apply to the musical style of the Middle Ages?

a)

monophonic music sung mainly in notes of equal value without clearly marked rhythms

b)

polyphony has dissonant phrases that end with open, hollow-sounding chords

c)

melodies mostly move by step within a narrow range and rarely uses the chromatic notes of the scale

d)

duple meter used almost exclusively throughout the period

20.

Which musician is not considered a medieval composer?

a)

Hildegard of Bingen

b)

Machaut

c)

Palestrina

d)

Perotinus

21.

In which three countries was the Renaissance particularly influential?

a)

Italy, France, and England

b)

England, Spain, and Greece

c)

Germany, Italy, and Russia

d)

Spain, Italy, and Greece

22.

The literal meaning of the term “Renaissance” is “rebirth.”​

a)

true

b)

false

23.

Identify the culture that provided the primary inspiration for writers, artists, and architects during the Renaissance.

a)

ancient Israel as recounted in the Bible

b)

ancient Egypt

c)

the Babylonian empire

d)

ancient Greece and Rome

24.

What does “humanism” mean?​

a)

the literary curriculum of three academic disciplines taught in Renaissance schools and universities

b)

the belief that people have the capacity to shape their world as well as create good and beautiful things

c)

a society of amateur musicians dedicated to the performance of music, nowadays music of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Baroque eras

d)

a movement in music wherein composers sought to emphasize indigenous qualities in their music by incorporating folk songs, native scales, dance rhythms, and local instrumental sounds

25.

This temperamental and egotistical composer, described by one Renaissance writer as the musical equivalent of Michelangelo, was so talented that he could demand twice the salary of his gifted peers.

a)

Palestrina

b)

Perotinus

c)

Machaut

d)

Josquin

26.

Select the response that best defines the term “motet.”

a)

early polyphony of the Western Church from the ninth through the thirteenth centuries

b)

a polyphonic composition for choir setting a religious, devotional, or solemn text, often sung a cappella

c)

one of the five sung portions of the Mass for which the texts are invariable

d)

all options

27.

Which composition is an example of a Renaissance motet?

a)

Josquin’sAve Maria

b)

Machaut’s Kyrie

c)

Weelkes’ As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill Descending

d)

Hildegard of Bingen’s O rubor sanguinis