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Practice Quiz

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the 1st time period in music?

a)

Baroque

b)

Classical

c)

Medieval

d)

20th Century

2.

What is a lute?

a)

Like a violin

b)

12 string instrument looks like a present day guitar

c)

Part of the string family

3.

What is an orchestra?

a)

A group of instruments playing together

b)

Sounds playing together

c)

A musical group

4.

Name 2 Classical Period composers

a)

Vivaldi and Handel

b)

Bach and Beethoven

c)

Haydn and Mozart

5.

What is nationalism?

a)

Dedicated to a movement

b)

Loyalty to a country or group of people

c)

None of these

6.

What does Baroque mean?

a)

Odd or new

b)

Vibrant or energetic

c)

Strange or excessive

7.

What was the first "sounds" of music?

a)

Singing and clapping

b)

Sounds of nature

c)

Old folk songs

8.

What is the first instrument?

a)

The drums

b)

Clapping

c)

Singing

d)

The flute

9.

What type of music was played during the Medieval period?

a)

Secular music

b)

Non-church music

c)

Sacred music

d)

Christian music

10.

What does Renaissance mean?

a)

New beginnings

b)

Refresh

c)

Renew

d)

Rebirth

11.

Name 2 musical instruments invented during the Renaissance period.

a)

Violin and Viola

b)

Cello and Double Bass

c)

Clavichord and Lute

d)

None of these

12.

Thomas Tallis, Orlando Gibbons, and William Byrd belong to which time period?

a)

Medieval

b)

Baroque

c)

Renaissance

d)

Romantic

13.

What is the viol?

a)

Not a violin

b)

Also known as Viola da gamba

c)

Ensemble

14.

What is monophony?

a)

Music made of one melody line with background music

b)

One line of harmony

c)

Music made of one melody line with no background music

15.

20th century music is considered to be?

a)

Proud and True

b)

Rebellious and Traditional

c)

Wild and Unfocused

d)

None of the above

16.

What plays a part in the evolution of modern music?

a)

Keyboards

b)

Technology

c)

Manipulated Sounds

17.

What is polyphony?

a)

Two melody lines with background music.

b)

2 or more instruments playing together.

c)

Two melody lines heard at the same time that were sung or played in harmony.

18.

What is an opera?

a)

Story with drama representation that is set to music.

b)

A play with talking and singing.

c)

Both of these

19.

What is homophony?

a)

One musical line

b)

Is music that has one melody and background music

c)

Same sounding music

20.

A very skilled performer is called?

a)

A musician

b)

A trained performer

c)

A virtuoso

21.

A small group of musicians performing together, typically playing instrumental music of the Renaissance period

a)

Ensemble

b)

Consort

c)

Orchestra

d)

Chamber

22.

A solo song, although occasionally with more parts. Accompanied by lute.

a)

Aria

b)

Solo

c)

Concerto

d)

Ayre

23.

They were sung in unison by monks and based on the various modes which were used at this time.

a)

Plainchants

b)

Chants

c)

Songs

24.

Monophonic songs from the medieval period.

a)

Sacred Songs

b)

Secular Music

c)

Plainsongs

d)

Gregorian Chants

25.

Is a polyphonic choral composition that sets to portions of the liturgy to music.

a)

Service

b)

Mass

c)

Song

26.

The Ordinary consist of how many parts?

a)

4

b)

3

c)

5

d)

6

27.

Religious music, often polyphonic, a cappella style of the composition with imitative entries through all the voices. Sung in English

a)

Movement

b)

Symphony

c)

Anthem

d)

Fanfare

28.

A short composition with Latin text for performance in a Roman Catholic church.

a)

Mass

b)

Motet

c)

Movement

d)

Mode

29.

Name 2 Renaissance dances

a)

Waltz and Ballet

b)

Swing and Slide

c)

Pavane and Gillard

30.

2 forms of Renaissance secular music

a)

Jazz and Blues

b)

Madrigal and Ballett

c)

Motet and Mode