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Medieval Era

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Medieval Era was from

a)

1400- 1600

b)

1830- 1860

c)

1600- 1750

d)

1150- 1400

2.

Gregorian chant was traditionally sung by

a)

Mothers of the Church

b)

Men and Boys of tin churches

c)

Women of the church

d)

Priest

3.

Gregorian melodies are traditionally written using

a)

Staffs

b)

Ledger Lines

c)

Neumes

d)

Paper

4.

Gregorian chant is named after

a)

George Washington

b)

St. George

c)

St. Gregory

d)

George Clooney

5.

The chants can be sung by using

a)

Neumes

b)

Wooden instruments

c)

six-note patterns called hexachords

d)

Organum

6.

The history of organum would not be complete without two of its greatest innovators Léonin &..

a)

Will smith & Martin Lawrence

b)

Pérotin

c)

Bach

d)

Chopin

7.

In its earliest stages, Organum involved two musical voices: a Gregorian chant melody, and the same melody transposed by a consonant interval, usually a

a)

Perfect 4th or 5th

b)

Major 3rd or 6th

c)

Minor 3rd or 6th

d)

Augmented 4th or 5th

8.

The earliest motets arose in the 13th century from the organum tradition exemplified in the ______________________ of Léonin and Pérotin

a)

British School

b)

Notre- Dame School

c)

French School

d)

Ave Maria School

9.

Organums were given these to create early Motets

a)

Chants

b)

Lyrics

c)

Clausulae

d)

Instruments

10.

Secular Motets did not include this subject

a)

Love

b)

Politics

c)

Church

d)

Pastoral encounters with shepherdesses

11.

•In music, the Trecento was a time of vigorous activity in Italy, as it was in France, with which there was a frequent interchange of musicians and influences. Much of the surviving music is...

a)

Monophonic

b)

Chants

c)

Motets

d)

Polyphonic

12.

This is an example of what kind of music

a)

Gregorian Chant

b)

Canon

c)

Organum

d)

Motet

13.

This is an example of what kind of music

a)

Motet

b)

Gregorian Chant

c)

Organum

d)

Canon

14.

This is an example of what kind of music

a)

Organum

b)

Canon

c)

Motet

d)

Gregorian Chant

15.

Match the definition to the word:

a short, lyrical piece of music

a)

Ars Nova

b)

Chant

c)

Ballade

d)

Accompaniment

16.

Match the definition to the word:

a plainchant melody with at least one added voice to enhance the harmony, developed in the Middle Ages

a)

Melody

b)

Polyphony

c)

Counterpoint

d)

Organum

17.

Match the definition to the word:

a German Benedictine abbess, writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mystic, visionary, and polymath of the High Middle Ages. She is one of the best-known composers of sacred monophony, as well as the most-recorded in modern history

a)

Pérotin

b)

Léonin

c)

St. Augustine

d)

Hildegard Von Bingen

18.

Match the definition to the word:

a French medieval lyric poet composing and singing in Provençal in the 11th to 13th centuries, especially on the theme of courtly love

a)

Accompaniment

b)

Heterophony

c)

Mass

d)

Troubadours

19.

Match the definition to the word:

is motion in the same direction, keeping the same interval between notes

a)

Parallel Motion

b)

Mass

c)

Counterpoint

d)

Neumes

20.

The founder of what is now considered the standard music staff was

a)

Hildegard Von Bingen

b)

Guido d'Arezzo

c)

The Roman Catholic Church

d)

Charlemagne, king of the Franks