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Music History Quiz 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does Polyphonic mean?

a)

One Sound

b)

Same Sound

c)

Many Sounds

d)

Loud Sounds

2.

What does Homophonic mean?

a)

One Sound

b)

Same Sound

c)

Many Sounds

d)

Difficult Sounds

3.

Hildegard of Bingen was a German nun who composed music during the

a)

Middle Ages

b)

Baroque Period

c)

Classical Period

d)

Romantic Period

4.

How did Gregorian Chant get its name?

a)

Pope Gregory I

b)

Pope Gregory V

c)

Gregory the Conqueror

d)

Mr. Gregory Kafkes

5.

According to legend, who/what told Pope Gregory I about Gregorian Chant?

a)

The Holy Spirit in the form of a dove

b)

The Holy Spirit

c)

A blessed dove

d)

God

6.

Plainchant can be described as...

a)

Pure Melody

b)

No Harmony

c)

No Accompaniment

d)

No Added Voices

e)

All of the above

7.

Renaissance means...

a)

Resurgence

b)

Ressurection

c)

Rebirth

d)

End

8.

The Renaissance period was from the years...

a)

1300-1400

b)

1250-1453

c)

1425-1600

d)

1053-1453

9.

An important invention during the Renaissance Period was the _________________________ .

a)

printing press

b)

telephone

c)

piano

d)

pencil

10.

What is an artistic form of auditory communication

incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a

structured and continuous manner.

a)

Singing

b)

Dancing

c)

Music

d)

Reading

11.

This began as well as the birth of

polyphony during the Medieval time period?

a)

Music Notation

b)

Orchestras

c)

Concerts

d)

Printing Press

12.

This emphasized that life should be viewed as a

preparation for death

a)

Polyphonic

b)

Music

c)

Humanism

d)

Gregorian Chant

13.

Dutch composers and musicians

were arranged to teach and

perform in?

a)

German Courts

b)

American Courts

c)

Schools and Churches

d)

Italian Courts

14.

The most commonly used type of this instrument is in B flat

a)

Clarinet

b)

Trumpet

c)

Dulcimer

d)

Lute

15.

Which is not an instrument from the Renaissance period

a)

Shawn

b)

Trumpet

c)

Dulcian

d)

Trombone

16.

What instrument is shaped like a pear, has a short neck, and a sound hole carved with a rose

pattern?

a)

Guitar

b)

Lute

c)

Lyre

d)

Shaker

17.

What brought about the first widely used system of music notation

a)

Gregorian Chant

b)

Renaissance

c)

The Printing press

d)

The church

18.

Gregorian Chants are written in?

a)

Spanish

b)

English

c)

Portuguese

d)

Latin

19.

Gregorian Chant has no?

a)

Beat

b)

Melody

c)

Pitches

d)

Dynamics

20.

Mr. Lilly is the greatest at?

a)

Call of Duty

b)

Nba 2K

c)

Madden

d)

Musical Arranging for bands