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Medieval Period- Part 1 (Music)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
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1.

The Medieval Period is also known as the

a)

Stone Cold Ages

b)

The Middle Chant

c)

The Middle Ages

d)

The Mediant

2.

What is the time span of the Medieval period?

a)

500-1600 A.D.

b)

450-1650 A.D.

c)

1400-1600 A.D.

d)

450-1450 A.D.

3.

What happened during the Medieval period?

a)

The American and French Revolution

b)

The hundred years' war and the black death

c)

The collapse of the Roman Catholic Church

d)

The Protestant Reformation

4.

Medieval melodies were based on

a)

Harmonic minor scales

b)

Modes

c)

Major Scales

d)

Art

5.

What is the Gregorian chant?

a)

An accompanied piece of music

b)

A piece sung only by monks

c)

A melody set to both sacred and secular texts

d)

A melody set to sacred latin text, sung without accompaniment

6.

The gregorian chant is ____________ in texture.

a)

monophonic

b)

homophonic

c)

heterophonic

d)

polyphonic

7.

The Gregorian chant is also called the

a)

Plainsong

b)

Neumes

c)

Modes

d)

None of the above

8.

Some chants may be described as syllabic or melismatic. What does syllabic mean?

a)

The same pitch performed at different times

b)

Several notes of music for each syllable of text

c)

One note for each syllable of text

d)

A sustained note

9.

During the Medieval period, most people belonged to what faith?

a)

Anglican

b)

Catholicism

c)

Atheism

d)

Pentecostal

10.

Who was credited with creating the Gregorian chant?

a)

Guillaume de Machaut

b)

Pope Gregory I

c)

Pope Gregory II

d)

The Monks

11.

What was the center of musical life during this time?

a)

The Pope

b)

The King

c)

Mozart

d)

The Church

12.

Most of the music during this period was sung by

a)

Men

b)

Children

c)

Women

d)

Royalty

13.

What is known as the earliest form of polyphony?

a)

Organ

b)

Organese

c)

Ornamental

d)

Organum

14.

What is a drone?

a)

A repeated pattern

b)

A fermata

c)

A sustained tone

d)

Staccatos

15.

Which of the following is NOT considered a Medieval instrument?

a)

Flute

b)

Lute

c)

Hurdy-Gurdy

d)

Sacbut