MUS 101 Test 1 Exam Questions and
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The Renaissance saw the rise of amateur musicians and home music-
making. - ✔✔True
Of the following, which is NOT a major literary landmark of the Middle
Ages? - ✔✔Cervantes's Don Quixote
The early exploration of the New World took place during the Renaissance.
- ✔✔True
Of the following, which does NOT represent the thinking of the
Renaissance? - ✔✔an exclusively religious orientation
Which historical event did NOT take place in the Renaissance? - ✔✔the
writing of the Magna Carta
Hildegard's Alleluia, O virga mediatrix has a neumatic text setting with
some melismas. - ✔✔True
The motet differs from organum with its emphasis on triads. - ✔✔False
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,The form of Alleluia, O virga mediatrix is A-A-B. - ✔✔False
In the early Middle Ages, music was often written in fixed patterns of long
and short notes known as rhythmic modes. - ✔✔True
In what part of the liturgy does the Alleluia occur? - ✔✔Mass Proper
Which of the following was NOT a subject reflected in the poems of the
troubadours and trouvères? - ✔✔the rebirth of classical learning
Machaut's chanson Puis qu'en oubli is a ballade for three voices. -
✔✔False
Sumer is icumen in is one of the earliest examples of secular polyphony. -
✔✔True
Since Machaut was a cleric in the church, he wrote only sacred music. -
✔✔False
The medieval ancestor of the modern trombone is: - ✔✔the sackbut
What is a cantus firmus? - ✔✔A fragment of Gregorian chant or a secular
tune used as the foundation of a polyphonic Mass.
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, The Renaissance motet became a sacred form with a single Latin text. -
✔✔True
Of the following, who was a leader in the Protestant Reformation? -
✔✔Martin Luther
The fixed melody used as a basis for elaborate polyphonic writing in the
Renaissance was called: - ✔✔a cantus firmus.
Which genre of vocal music was NOT used in Renaissance church
services? - ✔✔Chansons
The expressive device used by Renaissance composers to pictorialize
words musically is called: - ✔✔Word painting.
The vivid depiction of the text through music, known as word painting, is a
hallmark of: - ✔✔the madrigal
Which of the following was a lively circle or line dance, often performed
outdoors? - ✔✔ronde
The text in Arcadelt's madrigal Il bianco e dolce cigno has levels of
meanings, some of which are erotic. - ✔✔True
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Answers 100% Solved | Graded A+
The Renaissance saw the rise of amateur musicians and home music-
making. - ✔✔True
Of the following, which is NOT a major literary landmark of the Middle
Ages? - ✔✔Cervantes's Don Quixote
The early exploration of the New World took place during the Renaissance.
- ✔✔True
Of the following, which does NOT represent the thinking of the
Renaissance? - ✔✔an exclusively religious orientation
Which historical event did NOT take place in the Renaissance? - ✔✔the
writing of the Magna Carta
Hildegard's Alleluia, O virga mediatrix has a neumatic text setting with
some melismas. - ✔✔True
The motet differs from organum with its emphasis on triads. - ✔✔False
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,The form of Alleluia, O virga mediatrix is A-A-B. - ✔✔False
In the early Middle Ages, music was often written in fixed patterns of long
and short notes known as rhythmic modes. - ✔✔True
In what part of the liturgy does the Alleluia occur? - ✔✔Mass Proper
Which of the following was NOT a subject reflected in the poems of the
troubadours and trouvères? - ✔✔the rebirth of classical learning
Machaut's chanson Puis qu'en oubli is a ballade for three voices. -
✔✔False
Sumer is icumen in is one of the earliest examples of secular polyphony. -
✔✔True
Since Machaut was a cleric in the church, he wrote only sacred music. -
✔✔False
The medieval ancestor of the modern trombone is: - ✔✔the sackbut
What is a cantus firmus? - ✔✔A fragment of Gregorian chant or a secular
tune used as the foundation of a polyphonic Mass.
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, The Renaissance motet became a sacred form with a single Latin text. -
✔✔True
Of the following, who was a leader in the Protestant Reformation? -
✔✔Martin Luther
The fixed melody used as a basis for elaborate polyphonic writing in the
Renaissance was called: - ✔✔a cantus firmus.
Which genre of vocal music was NOT used in Renaissance church
services? - ✔✔Chansons
The expressive device used by Renaissance composers to pictorialize
words musically is called: - ✔✔Word painting.
The vivid depiction of the text through music, known as word painting, is a
hallmark of: - ✔✔the madrigal
Which of the following was a lively circle or line dance, often performed
outdoors? - ✔✔ronde
The text in Arcadelt's madrigal Il bianco e dolce cigno has levels of
meanings, some of which are erotic. - ✔✔True
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