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Medieval Test

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The oldest music that we have extensive knowledge of is the music of the ___.

a)

Medieval Period

b)

Middle Ages

c)

Both

2.

Beginning about the 12th century, cathedrals were built in the ___ style.

a)

Ars Nova

b)

Natural

c)

Gothic

3.

The droning of unaccompanied religious texts to simple unison melodies developed by monks is called ___, or chant.

a)

motet

b)

plainsong

c)

organum

4.

The style of chant that used one note per syllable was ___ chant.

a)

melismatic

b)

syllabic

c)

pneumatic

5.

___ chant was more fluid and had more than one note per syllable.

a)

Melismatic

b)

Syllabic

c)

Pneumatic

6.

The instrument invented during the Middle Ages that used a drone under the melody was the ___.

a)

recorder

b)

bassoon

c)

bag pipes

7.

When one independent parallel melody was combined with a chant, ___ was invented.

a)

motet

b)

organum

c)

pneumatic chant

8.

A great collection of chant was gathered in the 6th century by ___.

a)

Leonin

b)

Guido

c)

Pope Gregory I

9.

By the 13th century, many secular music composers were adding more than one new voice above a chant creating ___.

a)

motet

b)

organum

c)

pneumatic chant

10.

A musical composition where all of the voices sing the melody, but start at different times, is called a ___.

a)

canon

b)

motet

c)

madrigal

11.

The Ars Nova indicated an awareness of ___, such as the motet.

a)

new music

b)

pneumatic chant

c)

instrumental music

12.

A nun at the convent of Bingen that composed music for women to sing in their worship services was ___.

a)

Mary

b)

Hildegard

c)

Guido

13.

A Medieval code of customs associated with knighthood was ___.

a)

Humanism

b)

Reformation

c)

Chivalry

14.

The motet usually mixed these two languages, ___ and ___.

a)

Latin, Spanish

b)

English, French

c)

French, Latin

15.

The Medieval painter that painted people realistically for the first time was ___.

a)

Giotto

b)

Dante

c)

Chaucer

16.

The main worship service of the Catholic Church is the ___.

a)

liturgy

b)

chant

c)

mass

17.

There are ___ sections of the mass.

a)

2

b)

5

c)

10

18.

The mass that is used for special times such as Christmas and Easter is called the ___.

a)

Proper

b)

Ordinary

c)

Liturgy

19.

The ___ devastated Europe in the 1340s, wiping out 1/3 of the population.

a)

smallpox

b)

measles

c)

black plague

20.

The words of the mass are called the ___.

a)

Liturgy

b)

Ordinary

c)

Proper

21.

The words of the mass were in the ___ language from the 5th century until the mid 1960s.

a)

Greek

b)

Latin

c)

Phoenician

22.

The first mass set to music was believed to be the ___.

a)

Pope Marcellus Mass

b)

Notre Dame Mass

c)

Mass in B Minor

23.

___ was the monk who invented a way of teaching music by the shape of the hand.

a)

Guido

b)

Giotto

c)

Machaut

24.

The composer of the first mass set to music is ___.

a)

Guido

b)

Machaut

c)

Leonin

25.

The inventor of the printing press was ___, who made it possible to spread new ideas and concepts.

a)

Luther

b)

Guttenberg

c)

Leonin

26.

Traveling musicians were known as ___.

a)

minstrels

b)

bards

c)

troubadours

27.

The same pitch, performed at the same time, is called ___.

a)

a capella

b)

unison

c)

homophonic

28.

Unaccompanied vocal or choral music is called ____.

a)

a capella

b)

unison

c)

homophonic

29.

More ___ music was created during the Ars Nova.

a)

secular

b)

sacred

c)

instrumental

30.

The most common wind instrument during the time was the ___.

a)

bagpipe

b)

basson

c)

recorder

31.

For a time, the ___, the governing body of the church, outlawed melismatic chant.

a)

Council of Churches

b)

Council of Trent

c)

Council of the Mass

32.

The mass that is appropriate for regular worship, not including holidays, is the ___.

a)

Liturgy

b)

Ordinary

c)

Proper

33.

The style of the 13th century is referred to as the ___.

a)

Ars Antiqua

b)

Ars Nova

c)

Stile Antico

34.

The author of the Canterbury Tales was ___.

a)

Dante

b)

Chaucer

c)

Giotto

35.

The Hundred Years war was fought between the ___.

a)

English and Spanish

b)

Spanish and French

c)

French and English

36.

Before the 5th century, the words of the mass were spoken in ___.

a)

Greek

b)

Latin

c)

Aramaic

37.

The ___ was established the King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to investigate, convict, and execute all non-Catholics who did not leave Spain after the Edict of Expulsion exiled all Muslims and Jews.

a)

Spanish Inquisition

b)

Spanish Armada

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

38.

Leonin and Perotin authored a collection of organum that the called the ___.

a)

Magnus Liber

b)

Big Book

c)

both

39.

What are the dates of the Ancient Period?

a)

Pre-history - 450

b)

450-1450

c)

1400-1720

40.

What are the dates of the Medieval Period?

a)

450-1450

b)

1600-1750

c)

420-1420

41.

What are the dates of the Renaissance Period?

a)

1450-1600

b)

1750-1900

c)

1820-1865

42.

What are the dates of the Baroque Period?

a)

1820-1900

b)

1600-1720

c)

1600-1750

43.

What are the dates of the Classical Period?

a)

1770-1776

b)

1750-1820

c)

1820-1900

44.

What are the dates of the Romantic Period?

a)

1450-1700

b)

1820-1900

c)

1750-1820

45.

What are the dates of the Modern Period?

a)

1900-1975

b)

1900-Present

c)

1865-1950

46.

Which one of these songs is an English Round?

a)

Sumer is Icumen In

b)

Kyrie

c)

Agnus Dei

47.

Which one of these songs is a Gregorian chant?

a)

Kyrie

b)

Instrumental

c)

Sumer is Icumen In

48.

What type of music does not use voices?

a)

Instrumental

b)

A capella

c)

silence

49.

Which songs is taken from the mass by Palestrina?

a)

Sumer is Icumen In

b)

Agnus Dei

c)

Crossing the Red Sea

50.

What famous person from history was burned at the stake during the Hundred Years War?

a)

Napoleon

b)

Pope Gregory I

c)

Joan of Arc