Which of the following words is most similar to Gregorian Chant?
Question 1 options:
Neumes
Organum
Longa
Plainchant
Question 2 (2 points)
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Why was the Notre Dame School significant?
Question 2 options:
The Notre Dame school trained a lot of famous singers in the Middle Ages.
They were the first group of composers to bring polyphony into the church.
They cataloged a significant amount of music so that is why we know so much about music from the Middle Ages today.
The Notre Dame school created a standardized music notation system.
Question 3 (2 points)
Which of the following does NOT describe Hildegard von Bingen’s music?
Question 3 options:
Monophonic
Plainchant
Gregorian Chant
a Capella
Question 4 (2 points)
Which word does NOT belong with the others?
Question 4 options:
Plainchant
Gregorian Chant
Monophony
Polyphony
Question 5 (2 points)
What does mensuration, which includes longa and breva, communicate to musicians?
Question 5 options:
How long or short a note is
How fast or slow a note is
How loud or quite a note is
How high or low a note is
Question 6 (2 points)
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Besides performing music for entertainment, why were troubadours important to life in the Middle Ages?
Question 6 options:
Troubadours wrote down and collected written music to preserve for future generations
Troubadours worked in farms during harvesting season
Troubadours also acted as doctors during The Bubonic Plague
Troubadours carried important news from village to village
Question 7 (2 points)
How are motets and madrigals related?
Question 7 options:
They are both composed by The Notre Dame School.
They are both examples of mensuration.
They are both instrumental plainchant.
They are both secular, polyphonic compositions.
Question 8 (2 points)
What technique is pictured below on the word “ascending?”
ascending
Question 8 options:
Didactic technique
Imitative counterpoint
Melodic contour
Word painting
Question 9 (2 points)
Which of the following statements is true?
Question 9 options:
Music in the Renaissance was much less well preserved than music in the Middle Ages
Music in the Renaissance was more complex and difficult than music in the Middle Ages
Music in the Renaissance was much more sacred than music in the Middle Ages
Music in the Renaissance was more monophonic than music in the Middle Ages
Question 10 (2 points)
During the Renaissance, whose writing became popular again?
Question 10 options:
Caesar, Nero, and Augustus
Pythagoras, Plato, and Aristotle
Hildegard von Bingen, Pope Gregory I, and Guillaume de Machaut
Question 11 (2 points)
Why was patronage important to composers in the Renaissance?
Question 11 options:
Patronage provided a system of supporting composers, which caused composing to become a viable career for the first time in music history
Patronage prevented composers from copying each other’s work, which started the first copyright notice
Patronage allowed composers to travel around the world, which spread their compositional techniques as far as India
Question 12 (2 points)
How did Gutenberg’s printing press affect the music industry during the Renaissance?
Question 12 options:
The printing press eliminated the need for neumes and mensuration
The printing press elimanted the need for the patronage system and wealthy patrons
The printing press made music written by hand much more valuable
The printing press made published music easier to produce and more widely available
Question 13 (2 points)
Why are violins created by Antonio Stradivari valuable?
Question 13 options:
His violins were played by the best musicians throughout history
His violins are made from a tree that has gone extinct
His violins are encrusted with hundreds of diamonds
His violins are considered to be the finest ever crafted
Question 14 (2 points)
How are the Anglican Chant, Psalter, Lutheran Chorale, and Anthem related?
Question 14 options:
They are all job titles for a composer during the Renaissance
They are all different types of sacred music composed during the Renaissance
They are all compositional techniques used in secular music after the Middle Ages
They are all Renaissance instruments that are no longer played today
Question 15 (2 points)
How did St. Mark's church affect Giovanni Gabrielli's music compositions?
Question 15 options:
The church was under the patronage system so they could afford to hire him as a full time composer.
The church allowed secular music composed by him to be used during religious services for the first time in music history.
The unique shape of the church allowed him to compose music that had a surround-sound effect
There was a special school inside the church strictly devoted to teaching music to children so they could sing in the choir he directed.