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Medieval and Renaissance Eras

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

The Medieval Era was a period in history that came directly after the

a)

Classical Era

b)

Prehistoric Era

c)

Ancient Era

d)

Romantic Era

2.

Most Medieval music was

a)

orchestral

b)

instrumental

c)

rock

d)

vocal

3.

Through 1150 singers were almost always

a)

banned

b)

women

c)

men

d)

children

4.

The two main types of vocal music in the Medieval Era were

a)

rounds and fugues

b)

jazz and blues

c)

sacred and secular

d)

classical and romantic

5.

Where would a person in the Medieval Era go to hear formal sacred music?

a)

the street

b)

a night club

c)

a concert hall

d)

a church

6.

Music that is performed outside of church and is folk-like is referred to as

a)

sacred

b)

symbiotic

c)

secular

d)

liturgical

7.

What was Hildegard von Bingen’s vocation in life?

a)

nun

b)

nurse

c)

dancer

d)

painter

8.

Hildegard composed mainly

a)

jazz

b)

instrumental music

c)

plainsong chant

d)

all of the above

9.

It was believed every song Hildegard composed, vision she had, and poem she wrote, were a result of __________speaking through her.

a)

the Pope

b)

her mother

c)

God

d)

all of the above

10.

The first written symbol for music in the Medieval Era was called

a)

treble clef

b)

bass clef

c)

a neume

d)

a quarter note

11.

What do you call early harmony in the Medieval Era that consisted of a chant with a second lower parallel part?

a)

plainsong chant

b)

madrigal

c)

round

d)

organum

12.

The Renaissance Era was a period in history that came directly after the

a)

Classical Era

b)

Ancient Era

c)

Prehistoric Era

d)

Medieval Era

13.

The word Renaissance means

a)

ornate or ornamented

b)

mystical or mysterious

c)

rebirth or revival

d)

imitating nature

14.

In the Renaissance Era, vocal music was still more important than instrumental.

a)

false

b)

true

15.

In the Renaissance Era, secular music is more important than sacred music.

a)

true

b)

false

16.

What was the most important form of music in the Renaissance Era?

a)

the Roman Catholic Mass

b)

classical

c)

madrigals

d)

street music

17.

This type of harmony became popular in the Renaissance Era

a)

atonal

b)

counterpoint

c)

organum

d)

non diatonic

18.

An unaccompanied vocal work with sacred text from the Renaissance Era was called a/an

a)

oratorio

b)

organum

c)

symphony

d)

motet

19.

The primary secular music of the Renaissance (which consisted of vocal music set to a poem) was called

a)

a motet

b)

the mass

c)

a madrigal

d)

plainsong chant

20.

During the Renaissance Era, neumes of the Medieval Era developed into the modern day staff with clefs and notes.

a)

true

b)

false