Test Bank For Music Then And Now By Thomas Forrest Kelly
CHAPTER 2: Christmas Mass at Notre Dame Cathedral
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Between which two historical eras did the Middle Ages occur?
a.
the Greek and the Romantic
d.
antiquity and the Renaissance
b.
the Classical and the modern
e.
the ancient and the Classical
c.
the Renaissance and the Baroque
ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: p. 31 TOP: Introduction
MSC: Factual
2.All of the following artistic developments date from the Middle Ages EXCEPT:
a.
the motets of Josquin
d.
Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
b.
the stained glass windows of Chartres
e.
Leoninus’s organum
c.
the frescoes of Giotto
ANS: A DIF: Medium REF: p. 31 TOP: Introduction
MSC: Factual
3.Medieval secular French poet-composers were known as:
a.
Minnesingers
d.
clerics
b.
laudesi
e.
auteurs
c.
troubadours
ANS: C DIF: Medium REF: p. 32 TOP: Medieval Secular Music
MSC: Factual
4.Why is the majority of the medieval music that has survived to the present day religious music?
a.
The church suppressed music on nonreligious topics.
b.
Much secular music was not written down.
c.
Secular styles changed too rapidly to be passed down.
d.
The Catholic musical tradition has not changed since the Middle Ages.
e.
all of the above
ANS: B DIF: Medium REF: p. 32 TOP: Introduction
MSC: Conceptual
5.During the earliest part of the Middle Ages, how did musicians transmit their repertoire from one generation to the next?
a.
They wrote musical notation on manuscripts.
b.
They created memory aids with their fingers.
c.
They learned it directly from the pope.
d.
They wrote descriptive instructions.
e.
They passed it down orally.
ANS: E DIF: Medium REF: p. 32 TOP: Introduction
MSC: Applied
6.The repertoire of monophonic religious melodies sung in Latin during the worship service is known as:
a.
organum
d.
cantata
b.
Gregorian chant
e.
the Mass
c.
troubadour songs
ANS: B DIF: Medium REF: p. 32 TOP: Introduction
MSC: Factual
7.A ninth-century monk named Guido of Arezzo was responsible for what essential innovation in the development of musical notation?
a.
rhythmic values
d.
the staff
b.
dynamic markings
e.
defining “high” and “low” notes
c.
time signatures
ANS: D DIF: Medium REF: p. 33 TOP: Early Musical Notation
MSC: Applied
8.Which of the following discipline was NOT a part of the medieval Quadrivium?
a.
arithmetic
d.
music
b.
geometry
e.
logic
c.
astronomy
ANS: E DIF: Medium REF: p. 33 TOP: Introduction
MSC: Factual
9.The largest, most elaborate worship service performed each day is known as:
a.
the Mass
d.
Matins
b.
Vespers
e.
Lauds
c.
Sext
ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: p. 33 TOP: Introduction
MSC: Factual
10.The earliest composers whose names we know are associated with which body of music?
a.
Gregorian chant
d.
the First Viennese School
b.
the Notre Dame repertory
e.
Byzantine chant
c.
Old Roman chant
ANS: B DIF: Medium REF: p. 34 TOP: Introduction
MSC: Factual
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