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Music in the Renaissance

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What new Renaissance invention allowed written music to circulate faster?

a)

Compass

b)

Printing Press

c)

Protestant Reformation

d)

Copy Machine

2.

What does the term Renaissance mean?

a)

Born Again

b)

Reason

c)

Old

d)

Rebirth

3.

Which composer pioneered the opera form?

a)

Palestrina

b)

Dowland

c)

Monteverdi

d)

Byrd

4.

What event led to the monarchy taking greater control over society during this time period?

a)

The plague

b)

The Protestant Reformation

c)

The rising merchant class

d)

The Council of Trent

5.

True or False? Instruments were prominent in secular music of the Renaissance.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

True or False? The Church began to lose its control over knowledge during the Renaissance.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Vocal works that would use word-painting and display a particular emotion or character are called:

a)

Madrigals

b)

Motets

c)

Mass

d)

Chanson

8.

This European country was NOT an important center of Renaissance music development:

a)

England

b)

Italy

c)

France

d)

Austria

9.

Which of the following musical forms were NOT secular during the Renaissance?

a)

Madrigal

b)

Chanson

c)

Motet

d)

Instrumental dance music

10.

Who began and led the Protestant Reformation by nailing his 95 Theses to a church's doors?

a)

The Pope

b)

Calvin

c)

Palestrina

d)

Luther

11.

Which TWO instruments are new during the Renaissance?

a)

Shawm

b)

French Horn

c)

Bassoon

d)

Sackbut

12.

Which one is NOT a major scientific development of the Renaissance?

a)

Sewing Machine

b)

Compass

c)

Printing Press

d)

Gunpowder

13.

Who composed over 100 mass settings?

a)

Monteverdi

b)

Palestrina

c)

Morley

d)

Josquin

14.

True or False? Society in the Renaissance moved away from the secular and moved toward religion.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Which class of Renaissance society became new patrons of music and the arts during this time period?

a)

The Church

b)

The Peasants

c)

The Merchants

d)

The Universities