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MEDIEVAL PERIOD

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The medieval era was between ______ and _____.

a)

400 - 1600 AD

b)

500 - 1400 AD

c)

1400 - 1600 AD

d)

500 - 1200 AD

2.

201 - 300 is the (a)   century.

3.

Plainchants were also called _____.

a)

Bolivers

b)

Gregorian chants

c)

Rock

4.

Plainchants are usually unaccompanied vocal music and they are usually ________.

a)

polyphonic

b)

monophonic

c)

cacophonic

5.

Hildergard of Bingen was a ________ abbess who composed 69 songs in the Medieval period.

a)

American

b)

German

c)

Israeli

d)

African

6.

Polyphony means ________.

a)

Everyone sings one melody together

b)

A single melody playing

c)

More than one melody playing at the same time

7.

Apart from the church music of the medieval era, there were other musical cultures such as the ______ and ______. (Select the two answers)

a)

Troubadours

b)

Trouvères

c)

West Life

d)

Beatles

8.

______________ was a traveling French composer and poet who composed complex music in the medieval era.

a)

Guillaume de Machaut

b)

Giovanni Palestrina

c)

Mendini

9.

The fiddle was played in the medieval era and later evolved to become the _______.

a)

saxophone

b)

violin

c)

guitar

10.

The Medieval era began with the fall of the Roman Empire.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The last century of the medieval period was marked by famine, conflict, and a plague called _____________ which wiped out as much as 60% of Europe's population.

a)

black death

b)

white angel

c)

cholera

d)

small pox

12.

Select all the musical instruments that were played in the medieval period.

a)

Gittern

b)

Dulcimer

c)

Percussion instruments (Tambourine and drums)

d)

Trumpets and horns

e)

Saxophone