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WorksheetsMiddle Ages and Renaissance
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 6hrs 1mins
What were the dates of the Middle Ages?
450-1450
1450-1600
1600-1700
1900-2000
What religious faith was adopted by the Roman Empire as the church of state?
Christianity
Hinduism
Judaism
Muslim
What were the three social classes in the Middle Ages?
Nobility, Clergy, Peasantry
Upper, Middle, Lower
Pope, Clergy, Clerics
Pope, Monks, Nuns
What type of music constitutes almost all the music from the Middle Ages?
Sacred
Secular
Indie
Mass
What instrument was most prominent in the Middle Ages
Piano
Organ
Harpsichord
Clavichord
What type of Mass was used for certain times of the liturgical calendar?
Ordinary
Proper
Christmas
Easter
What type of Mass occurred every time no matter what the Liturgical season?
Ordinary
Proper
Christmas
Easter
What Pope was instrumental in dictating the melodies of chant?
Pope Pius III
Pope Gregory I
Pope Gregory II
Pope John Paul II
In Catholicism, Pope Gregory is always depicted with what animal?
Dove
Cardinal
Lark
Crow
The combination of two or more simultaneous melodic lines?
Polyphony
Monophony
Diatonphony
Contrapuntal
What was the most important form of polyphonic music?
Motet
Madrigal
Mass
Organum
What is the difference between sacred and secular?
What cathedral was the most important to the production of polyphony?
Notre Dame
Saint Peter's Basilica
West Minster Abbey
Saint Patrick's Cathedral
What type of music did the troubadours and trouveres perform?
How were the jongleurs viewed in society?
What is another word for Renaissace?
Who lead the Protestant Reformation?
How did the invention of the printing press affect the musical world?
Define counterpoint.
List the 5 sections of the Catholic Mass Ordinary
What type of music today would be the equivalent of secular music in the Renaissance period?
Pop
Reggae
Blues
Classical
What were the three most important genres or types of Renaissance secular music?
What were five type of dances of the Renaissance period?
What was the period after the Middle Ages?
What period was after the Renaissance?
