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1Music of Antiquity

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does Antiquity mean?

a)

The special quality of an antique vase.

b)

The time after the Romantic Period

c)

The time before the middle ages or before the fall of Rome.

d)

The time between the Baroque and Classical Period

2.

What vibrates to cause sound in Chordophone?

a)

Air

b)

A Membrane

c)

The body of the instrument

d)

A String

3.

What vibrates to cause sound in Aerophone?

a)

Air

b)

A Membrane

c)

The body of the instrument

d)

A String

4.

What vibrates to cause sound in Membranophone?

a)

Air

b)

A Membrane

c)

The body of the instrument

d)

A String

5.

What vibrates to cause sound in Idiophone?

a)

Air

b)

A Membrane

c)

The body of the instrument

d)

A String

6.

Who was Enhenduana?

a)

An Egyptian Pharoh

b)

A Greek Philosopher

c)

A German Composer

d)

Possibly the first Composer, from Mesopotamia.

7.

What language does the word "music" come from?

a)

French

b)

Greek

c)

Egyptian

d)

English

8.

Who's study of music led to a tuning system and intervals of a scale?

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Pythagoras

d)

Enhenduana

9.

Who wrote that music could affect human behavior?

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Pythagoras

d)

Enhenduana

10.

Who wrote that music was an essential part of human education and development?

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Pythagoras

d)

Enhenduana

11.

What was the Epitaph of Seikilos?

a)

The first music history book

b)

The first music theory book

c)

The first completely intact song

12.

What was the secret emblem of the Pythagoreans?

a)

Circle

b)

Square

c)

Pentagram

d)

Rectangle

13.

What can be found in the Parthenon, sculpture, Notre Dame, the Mona Lisa, the human body, flowers, star fish, conch shells, snail shells, and pine cones?

a)

The golden rectangle

b)

The silver circle

c)

The green banana

d)

the diamond horseshoe