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Unit 3 Test - Mr. Robles Music

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did the concept of music first come to exist?

a)

1950

b)

Since the dawn of time

c)

43,000 years ago

d)

2000 BC

2.

What is the oldest instrument ever found and how old was it?

a)

Lithophone - 9000 years old

b)

Bone Flute, 1000-9000 years old

c)

Bone Flute, 35,000-43,000 years old

d)

Drum, 10,000 years old

3.

What modern instrument is the ancient bone flute most closely related to?

a)

Recorder

b)

Clarinet

c)

Mayonnaise

d)

Saxophone

4.

What was prehistoric music mostly used for?

a)

Bullroaring

b)

To dance and have fun

c)

No particular reason

d)

Rituals & long-range communication

5.

What does Lithophone literally mean?

a)

Litho = Stone, Phone = Sound

b)

Litho = Large, Phone = Cell

c)

Litho = Little, Phone = Call

d)

Litho = Cliff, Phone = Noise

6.

Which modern instrument is most closely related to the Lithophone?

a)

Bass Drum

b)

Snare Drum

c)

Clarinet

d)

Xylophone/Marimba

7.

When was the Medieval Era?

a)

C.E. 500-1400

b)

C.E. 1500-1700

c)

C.E. 1984 - 2022

d)

C.E. 2021 - Present

8.

What is secular music?

a)

Religious music.

b)

Non-religious music.

c)

Classical music.

d)

Pokemon music.

9.

What is sacred music?

a)

Music performed in a religious setting.

b)

Music performed in a non-religious setting.

c)

Religions.

d)

Prehistoric music.

10.

Was most medieval music Sacred or Secular?

a)

Sacred

b)

Secular

11.

What is monophonic music?

a)

music with one musical line and no accompaniment.

b)

Music performed in a non-religious setting. It is not bound to any specific religion.

c)

music with two or more musical lines with harmony

d)

School music in band.

12.

What is polyphonic music?

a)

music with two or more musical lines with harmony.

b)

Music with no sound.

c)

music with one musical line and no accompaniment.

d)

Pizza music.

13.

What is texture?

a)

Religious music.

b)

Religious music.

c)

Non-religious music.

d)

the way melody, harmony, and rhythm combine in music.

14.

Who was Palestrina and what did he do?

a)

Renaissance composer who wrote sacred & secular music.

b)

He destroyed the world.

c)

He went to jail.

d)

Baroque composer who wrote fugues.

15.

When was the Renaissance?

a)

C.E. 1000-2000

b)

C.E. 1300-1600

c)

1300-1600 B.C.

d)

C.E. 1700-1900

16.

Was most Renaissance and Medieval music vocal or instrumental?

a)

Vocal

b)

Instrumental