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Music Appreciation Unit 2: Chapter 1 Medieval Music

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The word Medieval means...

a)

Middle Ages

b)

A little bit evil

c)

Religious Music

d)

Latin Music

2.

Medieval music was all religious.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Another word for religious is sacred?

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Another word for religious is secular.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

A drone is a repeated pattern.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

A drone is a long held note.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Most religious Medieval music was sung in Latin.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Plainchant (or Gregorian Chant) is a single line of melody.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Texture describes...

a)

How many different parts are playing at the same time.

b)

How loud or soft the music is.

c)

How fast or slow the music is.

10.
When was the Medieval Era?
a)
1492
b)
500-100 BC
c)
450-1450 AD
d)
1600-1650
11.
A type of song the monks sang was:
a)
Sea Chanteys
b)
Gregorian Chant
c)
Nursery Rhymes
d)
Monkey songs
12.
Hildegard von Bingen was:
a)
Queen of England
b)
Inventor of English
c)
a nun that wrote music
d)
The witch in Hansel and Gretal
13.
What language were chants in?
a)
Middle English
b)
German
c)
Olde English
d)
Latin
14.
The three social classes were:
a)
Nobility, Kings, middle class
b)
Middle class, clergy, Nobility
c)
Clergy, church people, poor people
d)
peasants, nobility, clergy
15.
Life during this time was:
a)
peaceful
b)
horrible
c)
wealthy 
d)
abundant
16.
The __________ was the center of musical life
a)
church
b)
art
c)
king
d)
Roman Empire
17.

Which one of these was NOT a theme of Medieval Secular Music ?

a)

Love

b)

Crusades

c)

Nationalism

d)

Spinning Songs

18.

This period is also known as the Middle Ages.

a)

Medieval Period

b)

Renaissance Period

c)

Baroque Period

d)

Primitive Period

19.

Popular music during the latter part of the Medieval Period which is not bound by Catholic traditions.

a)

Sacred Music

b)

Secular Music

c)

Instrumental Music

d)

Solo Music

20.

When did the Medieval Period start?

a)

245 AD

b)

the fall of the Western Roman Empire

c)

during the reign of Emperor Dioclesian

d)

248 AD

21.

An estampie is a

a)

type of Gregorian chant

b)

medieval sacred song

c)

a medieval dance in triple meter

d)

a drone

22.

The school of Notre Name was

a)

a school for the arts

b)

noted for its football team

c)

a group of composers who used measured rhythm in their music

d)

against organum

23.

Changes in musical style were so profound in the 14th century that it became known as the

a)

Renaissance era

b)

mass ordinary

c)

development of polyphony

d)

ars nova, or new art

24.

The five parts to the mass ordinary are the _________________ .Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei

a)

Kyrie

b)

Ave Maria

c)

Alleluia

d)

Organum

25.

Another name for the chant is the

a)

a. cantus firmus

b)

b. estampie

c)

c. tenor

d)

d. both a and c