MUS 101 test 1 UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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MUS 101 test 1 UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
The Renaissance saw the rise of amateur musicians and home music-making. - CORRECT
ANSWER- True
Of the following, which is NOT a major literary landmark of the Middle Ages? - CORRECT
ANSWER- Cervantes's Don Quixote
The early ...
MUS 101 test 1 UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
The Renaissance saw the rise of amateur musicians and home music-making. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- True
Of the following, which is NOT a major literary landmark of the Middle Ages? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Cervantes's Don Quixote
The early exploration of the New World took place during the Renaissance. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- True
Of the following, which does NOT represent the thinking of the Renaissance? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- an exclusively religious orientation
Which historical event did NOT take place in the Renaissance? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
the writing of the Magna Carta
Hildegard's Alleluia, O virga mediatrix has a neumatic text setting with some melismas. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- True
The motet differs from organum with its emphasis on triads. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
False
The form of Alleluia, O virga mediatrix is A-A-B. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- False
In the early Middle Ages, music was often written in fixed patterns of long and short notes
known as rhythmic modes. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- True
In what part of the liturgy does the Alleluia occur? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Mass Proper
,Which of the following was NOT a subject reflected in the poems of the troubadours and
trouvères? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the rebirth of classical learning
Machaut's chanson Puis qu'en oubli is a ballade for three voices. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
False
Sumer is icumen in is one of the earliest examples of secular polyphony. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- True
Since Machaut was a cleric in the church, he wrote only sacred music. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- False
The medieval ancestor of the modern trombone is: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the sackbut
What is a cantus firmus? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A fragment of Gregorian chant or a
secular tune used as the foundation of a polyphonic Mass.
The Renaissance motet became a sacred form with a single Latin text. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- True
Of the following, who was a leader in the Protestant Reformation? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Martin Luther
The fixed melody used as a basis for elaborate polyphonic writing in the Renaissance was
called: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a cantus firmus.
Which genre of vocal music was NOT used in Renaissance church services? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Chansons
The expressive device used by Renaissance composers to pictorialize words musically is
called: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Word painting.
, The vivid depiction of the text through music, known as word painting, is a hallmark of: -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the madrigal
Which of the following was a lively circle or line dance, often performed outdoors? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- ronde
The text in Arcadelt's madrigal Il bianco e dolce cigno has levels of meanings, some of which
are erotic. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- True
The two most important genres of Renaissance secular music were the chanson and the
madrigal. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- True
Why was the art music of the Middle Ages predominantly religious? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- The church patronized music extensively.
The late Middle Ages witnessed: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the building of great
cathedrals.
the founding of universities.
the rise of the bourgeoisie.
What characterizes humanism? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- thinking centered on human
issues and individuality, inspiration from the ancient cultures of Greece and Rome, and
independence from traditional and religion
The Frankish emperor who encouraged education and the concept of a centralized
government was: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Charlemagne.
Most of the surviving music from the early Middle Ages is secular. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- False
What is the primary language of the Mass? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Latin
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