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Renaissance Period

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does rebirth or revival refer to?

a)

Medieval

b)

Renaissance

c)

Counterpoint

d)

Doubling

2.

Qualities of a room or building that regulate how sound is projected.

a)

A Capella

b)

Noise

c)

Dynamics

d)

Acoustics

3.

Two voices singing their own melodies at the same time.

a)

Doubling

b)

Duet

c)

Counterpoint

d)

Harmony

4.

Singing without accompaniment

a)

Melody

b)

A Capella

c)

Solo

d)

Rote

5.

Two instruments playing the same part together.

a)

Doubling

b)

Renaissance

c)

Madrigal

d)

Family

6.

Secular vocal pieces that are set to the words of a poem.

a)

Duet

b)

Ensemble

c)

Madrigal

d)

Monophonic

7.

I wrote the opera, Orfeo.

a)

Gabrieli

b)

Palestrina

c)

Des Prez

d)

Monteverdi

8.

I helped to develop the opera.

a)

Gabrieli

b)

Des Prez

c)

Monteverdi

d)

Palestrina

9.

I was raised by my famous uncle who also composed.

a)

Gabrieli

b)

Des Prez

c)

Palestrina

d)

Monteverdi

10.

My dedication to church music was my claim to fame.

a)

Gabrieli

b)

Des Prez

c)

Palestrina

d)

Monteverdi

11.

I’ve been called the “master of the notes.”

a)

Gabrieli

b)

Des Prez

c)

Palestrina

d)

Monteverdi

12.

My music was almost always sung in the Sistine Chapel.

a)

Gabrieli

b)

Des Prez

c)

Palestrina

d)

Monteverdi

13.

I published two books of madrigals by the time I was a teen.

a)

Gabrieli

b)

Des Prez

c)

Palestrina

d)

Monteverdi

14.

Around 200 of the pieces I wrote have been found.

a)

Gabrieli

b)

Des Prez

c)

Gabrieli

d)

Monteveri

15.

I wrote dynamic markings in my music first!

a)

Gabrieli

b)

Des Prez

c)

Palestrina

d)

Monteverdi

16.

What are the dates of the Renaissance Period?

a)

500 AD to 1500 AD

b)

1450 AD to 1600 AD

c)

1600 AD to 1700 AD

d)

1700 AD to 1850 AD

17.

Which of the following musical styles is always secular?

a)

masses

b)

hymns

c)

polyphonies

d)

madrigals

18.

Which keyboard instrument was most popular during the Renaissance era?

a)

organ

b)

piano

c)

harpsichord

d)

xylophone

19.

Besides music, what other areas made major developments during the Renaissance era?

a)

architecture

b)

art

c)

literature

d)

All of them

20.

Which era came before the Renaissance era?

a)

Baroque

b)

Classical

c)

Medieval

d)

Romantic