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G9 - MEDIEVAL and RENAISSANCE MUSIC

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The word Medieval means...

a)

Middle Ages

b)

A little bit evil

c)

Religious Music

d)

Latin Music

2.

Medieval music was all religious.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Another word for religious is sacred?

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Most religious Medieval music was sung in Latin.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Plainchant is a single line of melody.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What are the two main classifications of the Medieval Music?

a)

Social and Political

b)

Sacred and Secular

c)

Formal and Informal

d)

Local and International

7.

This is an unaccompanied sacred monophonic song, usually in Latin, and was used by the Western Catholic Church during the 9th and 10th Centuries in Western and Central Europe.

a)

Plainchant

b)

Gregorian Chant

c)

Lied

d)

Chanson

8.

What language was the text for music in the Middle Ages?

a)

Latin

b)

French

c)

English

d)

Italian

9.

Gregorian Chant uses

a)

piano

b)

electric guitar

c)

voices only

d)

voices and piano

10.
What does secular mean?
a)
non-religious
b)
religious
c)
pertaining to secu
d)
That you're popular
11.

The term Renaissance comes from the word renaitre which means “rebirth, ―revival, and ―rediscovery.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

The word "Renaissance" is French for what?

a)

Fancy cheese

b)

Rebirth

c)

Death

d)

Ridiculous

13.

Which invention greatly influenced the Renaissance movement?

a)

Gunpowder

b)

Eye glasses

c)

Coffee houses

d)

The printing press

14.

What kind of music became more popular during the Renaissance?

a)

Instrumental

b)

Vocal

15.

True or false: Polyphony became more complex during the Renaissance.

a)

False

b)

True

16.

In church music, this type of composition became popular.

a)

Tune

b)

Chorale

c)

Mass

d)

Ballad

17.

What is a Madrigal?

a)

a group of instruments playing together

b)

a polyphonic composition in which two or more melodies repeat each other at different points in the music

c)

a secular, polyphonic song based on poems, often about love

d)

a musical texture in which one voice has the melody, while the other parts serve as accompaniment

18.

A musical texture in which one voice has the melody, while the other parts serve as accompaniment is called

a)

homophony

b)

counterpoint

c)

consort

d)

madrigal

19.

Polyphonic means what?

a)

One sound / One singing part

b)

Several sounds / Several singing parts

c)

NOT religious

20.

The Church looses some of its power and control during the Renaissance Era.

a)

True

b)

False