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Baroque Test

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the dates of the Ancient Period?

a)

1450-1600

b)

Prehistory-420

c)

Prehistory-450

2.

What are the dates of the Medieval Period?

a)

1450-1600

b)

450-1450

c)

420-1420

3.

What are the dates of the Renaissance Period?

a)

1450-1650

b)

1450-1600

c)

1500-1550

4.

What are the dates of the Baroque Period?

a)

1550-1650

b)

1600-1750

c)

1750-1820

5.

What are the dates of the Classical Period?

a)

1800-1920

b)

1820-1900

c)

1750-1820

6.

What are the dates of the Romantic Period?

a)

1820-1900

b)

1750-1820

c)

1900-Now

7.

What are the dates of the Modern Period?

a)

1920-Now

b)

1820-Now

c)

1900-Now

8.

The word Baroque means ___.

a)

emotional and inspirational

b)

distorted and irregular

c)

ornamented and lovely

9.

The first public opera house opened in ___ in 1637.

a)

Vienna, Austria

b)

Florence, Italy

c)

Venice, Italy

10.

The first book printed in America was the ___, in 1640

a)

Bay Psalm Book

b)

King James Bible

c)

Don Quixote

11.

___ attempted to prove that the earth revolved around the sun.

a)

Newton

b)

Galileo

c)

Harvey

12.

Newton's studies of the ___ led to advanced studies of time.

a)

metronome

b)

chronometer

c)

pendulum

13.

The greatest sculptor of the Baroque period was ___.

a)

Bernini

b)

Rembrandt

c)

Reubens

14.

___ went to prison for one month in defiance of his patron's refusal to release him from service.

a)

Handel

b)

Bach

c)

Vivaldi

15.

For 30 years, Monteverdi was choirmaster at ___ in Venice.

a)

Notre Dame

b)

St. Matthew's

c)

St. Mark's

16.

The conservative style of the late Renaissance was called the ___.

a)

stile antico

b)

stile antiqua

c)

stile moderno

17.

Short music dramas called ___ were often performed between the acts of a play.

a)

recitative

b)

intermedii

c)

librettos

18.

The expressive style introduced by Monteverdi was called the ___.

a)

stile nova

b)

stile antico

c)

stile moderno

19.

The speech-like singing of text in an opera is called ___.

a)

libretto

b)

recitative

c)

intermedii

20.

The story of an opera is called the ___.

a)

libretto

b)

recitative

c)

intermedii

21.

The style that emphasized how one sang rather than what one sang was called ___.

a)

libretto

b)

prima donna

c)

bel canto

22.

A virtuoso female opera singer was called a ___.

a)

prima donna

b)

bel canto

c)

castrati

23.

English comic opera that ridiculed serious Italian opera is called ___.

a)

bel canto

b)

ballad opera

c)

opera buffa

24.

A religious type of work made famous by Handel was the ___.

a)

oratorio

b)

passion

c)

cantata

25.

A religious type of work made famous by Bach was the ___.

a)

oratoria

b)

passion

c)

cantata

26.

___ is generally considered to be the end of the Baroque period.

a)

1750

b)

The death of Bach

c)

both

27.

The most famous oratorio of all time is ___.

a)

Bach's St. Matthew's Passion

b)

Handel's Messiah

c)

Moteverdi's Orfeo

28.

Although a protestant, ___ wrote the B minor Mass.

a)

Bach

b)

Handel

c)

Monteverdi

29.

___ was so moved by the Hallelujah Chorus that he rose from his seat, creating a tradition.

a)

King George II

b)

King Henry VIII

c)

King Lear

30.

Sudden changes in volume is called

a)

contrasting dynamics

b)

varying dynamics

c)

terraced dynamics

31.

This instrument has not really been improved since being brought into the church in the 17th century.

a)

organ

b)

piano

c)

harpsichord

32.

This is a piece of music for the pipe organ that often has multiple lines of melody happening at the same time.

a)

prelude

b)

fugue

c)

sonata

33.

This is an introductory piece of music for the keyboard.

a)

chorale prelude

b)

psalm tune

c)

toccata

34.

The bassline that sounds continuously throughout Baroque music is called the ___.

a)

continuo

b)

thoroughbass

c)

figured bass

35.

A group of instruments that accompany is called a ___.

a)

continuo

b)

thoroughbass

c)

figured bass

36.

Musical shorthand in the Baroque is called ___.

a)

continuo

b)

thoroughbass

c)

figured bass

37.

The world's finest violins were made by the ___ family in 1666.

a)

Guarneri

b)

Stradivarius

c)

Bach

38.

A ___ was written for a soloist and a continuo.

a)

sonata

b)

thoroughbass

c)

fugue

39.

In England, ___tried to overthrow the government due to his hatred of Italian opera.

a)

King George II

b)

Oliver Cromwell

c)

King Henry VII

40.

___ invented the concerto grosso.

a)

Vivaldi

b)

Corelli

c)

Monteverdi

41.

The ___ is a piece of music for orchestra plus a group of soloists.

a)

concertino

b)

concerto grosso

c)

ripieno

42.

The ___ is the group of soloists in a concerto grosso. The ___ is the orchestra.

a)

concertino, ripieno

b)

ripieno, continuo

c)

ripieno, concertino

43.

The most popular concerto of all time is ___.

a)

Bach's St. Matthew's Passion

b)

Handel's Messiah

c)

Vivaldi's The Four Seasons