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Medieval/Renaissance Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the term Renaissance mean?

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2.

What is sacred music?

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3.

What is secular music?

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4.

Monophonic music is music that contains (a)   melody, or moving part.

5.

Describe Gregorian Chant, select ALL that apply.

a)

Sacred Music

b)

Polyphonic

c)

Monophonic

d)

Secular Music

6.

Polyphonic music is music that contains (a)   melodies, or moving parts.

7.

Which musical period came first? Medieval or the Renaissance

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8.

What did we call the traveling musicians of the Medieval period?

a)

Musician

b)

Troubadours

c)

Motet

d)

Madrigal

9.

True or False. Vocal music utilized instruments other than the voice.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Which period spanned a longer time, the Medieval Period or the Renaissance?

a)

Medieval Period

b)

Renaissance

11.

Michelangelo, Raphael, Donatello, and Leonardo Da Vinci were all famous artists and sculptors that lived during which Period?

(a)  

12.

What invention made it possible for music to be mass produced?

a)

Theorbo

b)

Cornett

c)

Gutenberg Press

d)

Electronic Printer

13.

Which composer was considered to be the greatest composer of the Renaissance Period?

a)

Claudio Monteverdi

b)

Guillome Du Fay

c)

Hildegard of Bignon

d)

Josquin Des Prez

14.

The Sackbut was an instrument that is closely related to which modern instrument?

a)

Cello

b)

Trumpet

c)

Tuba

d)

Trombone

15.

Which of these instruments is called the Theorbo?

a)

b)

c)

d)

16.

Which period did widespread, organized musical notation appear in?

a)

Medieval Period

b)

Renaissance

17.

Which musical genre began to appear during the late Renaissance Period?

a)

Concerto

b)

Organum Polyphony

c)

Opera

d)

Fugue

18.

Why is Mr. Kiser making you take a quiz on this material?

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19.

Who was one of the composers discussed from the Medieval Period?

a)

Hildegard of Bignon

b)

Du Fay

c)

Palestrina

d)

J.S. Bach

20.

Which continent was the focus of both the Medieval and Renaissance Periods?

a)

France

b)

England

c)

Asia

d)

Europe