Chapter 1: Quiz

" // Questions and Answers number_answers = new Array(5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5) q1="Which of the following was not used in ancient Greece?"; q1a="kithara"; q1b="aulos"; q1c="percussion"; q1d="lyre"; q1e="shofar"; q1review=""; q1answer="e"; q2="The rhythm of ancient Greek music was intimately tied to __________."; q2a="dance rhythms"; q2b="poetic meter"; q2c="numerology"; q2d="religious beliefs"; q2e="none of the above"; q2review=""; q2answer="b"; q3="Ancient Greek musical writings included __________."; q3a="descriptions of musical practices of the time"; q3b="doctrines on the nature of music"; q3c="doctrines on the proper uses of music in society"; q3d="all of the above"; q3e="none of the above"; q3review=""; q3answer="d"; q4="The Doctrine of Ethos is the theory that music __________."; q4a="has eight tonoi"; q4b="could influence a person's morality"; q4c="should be performed rhythmically"; q4d="creates a sound in the heavens"; q4e="none of the above"; q4review=""; q4answer="b"; q5="Which of the following describes the sources for notated music of ancient Greece?"; q5a="There are few surviving examples."; q5b="There are hundreds of surviving examples."; q5c="Most of the surviving examples come from Plato's time."; q5d="There are no surviving examples."; q5e="The surviving examples do not notate rhythm."; q5review=""; q5answer="a"; q6="Which of the following is not<\/i> true of ancient Greek musical thought?"; q6a="Music was closely related to numbers and to number theory."; q6b="Music was an important part of the Greek educational system as described by Plato and Aristotle."; q6c="Music was practiced only by an elite group of professional performers."; q6d="The concepts of music and poetry were virtually synonymous."; q6e="Theorists tried to explain the musical practices of their time."; q6review=""; q6answer="c"; q7="Aristotle's theory of imitation holds that __________."; q7a="music is capable of imitating sounds and ideas from the external world"; q7b="students should learn musical skills by emulating a master teacher"; q7c="only the best-educated members of a society should be permitted to study music"; q7d="music can influence character and behavior by representing emotional states"; q7e="none of the above"; q7review=""; q7answer="d"; q8="Which of these subjects was not<\/i> part of the quadrivium<\/i> according to Martianus Capella?"; q8a="arithmetic"; q8b="astronomy"; q8c="geometry"; q8d="music"; q8e="rhetoric"; q8review=""; q8answer="e"; q9="The church fathers believed __________."; q9a="that music was evil and should be banished from religion"; q9b="that music was good and should be performed often"; q9c="that music could be good or evil and that only the right kinds of music should be sung in worship"; q9d="that instrumental music was good but vocal music was evil"; q9e="none of the above"; q9review=""; q9answer="c"; q10="The sixth-century writer who compiled a compendium of Greek music theory was __________."; q10a="Boethius"; q10b="St. Augustine"; q10c="Plato"; q10d="St. John"; q10e="St. Ambrose"; q10review=""; q10answer="a"; // End of hiding the script. -->