" // Questions and Answers number_answers = new Array(5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5) q1="The eight church modes are defined primarily by their __________."; q1a="intonation, tenor, mediant, and termination"; q1b="neumes and plagals"; q1c="solmization and ambitus"; q1d="range, final, and reciting tone"; q1e="none of the above"; q1review=""; q1answer="d"; q2="The prescribed texts and rites that collectively constitute the religious services of the church are known as the __________."; q2a="Alleluia"; q2b="Rule of St. Benedict"; q2c="liturgy"; q2d="Divine Office"; q2e="Mass"; q2review=""; q2answer="c"; q3="Psalms are typically preceded and followed by chants called __________."; q3a="Alleulias"; q3b="antiphons"; q3c="responsories"; q3d="psalm tones"; q3e="doxologies"; q3review=""; q3answer="b"; q4="A(n) __________ chant is sung by a soloist in alternation with a choir."; q4a="antiphonal"; q4b="direct"; q4c="responsorial"; q4d="melismatic"; q4e="none of the above"; q4review=""; q4answer="c"; q5="The main sung parts of the Ordinary portion of the Mass are __________."; q5a="Kyrie, Gloria, Alleluia, Credo, Greater Doxology"; q5b="Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei"; q5c="Kyrie, Alleluia, Gradual, Responsory"; q5d="Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Divine Office"; q5e="Kyrie, Psalm Tone, Matins, Alleluia, Ite missa est"; q5review=""; q5answer="b"; q6="Which of the following statements accurately defines the church modes?"; q6a="There were twelve modes, two each on six different finals."; q6b="There were eight modes, two each on four different finals."; q6c="There were six modes, collectively called the "natural hexachord.""; q6d="There were four modes, starting on D, E, F, and G, respectively."; q6e="none of the above"; q6review=""; q6answer="b"; q7="Which of the following composers is associated with the creation of the sequence?"; q7a="Adam de la Halle"; q7b="Guido of Arezzo"; q7c="Charlemagne"; q7d="Notker Balbulus"; q7e="Hildegard of Bingen"; q7review=""; q7answer="d"; q8="Chants that have sections with many notes per syllable are called __________."; q8a="melismatic"; q8b="modal"; q8c="syllabic"; q8d="neumatic"; q8e="tropes"; q8review=""; q8answer="a"; q9="The person who proposed ut, re, mi, fa, sol, and la as solmization syllables was __________."; q9a="Charlemagne"; q9b="Notker Balbulus"; q9c="Alcuin"; q9d="Guido of Arezzo"; q9e="Pope Gregory"; q9review=""; q9answer="d"; q10="The aristocratic composer-poets of northern France were the __________."; q10a="troubadours"; q10b="trouvères"; q10c="Meistersinger"; q10d="Minnesinger"; q10e="jongleurs"; q10review=""; q10answer="b"; q11="Secular song in Germany __________."; q11a="preceded secular song forms in France"; q11b="was contemporary with secular song in France"; q11c="came much later than secular song in France"; q11d="was never written down"; q11e="was written in Latin only"; q11review=""; q11answer="c"; q12=""Courtly love" as expressed in song usually described __________."; q12a="lovers who were indescribably happy with each other"; q12b="a man who loves an unattainable or unavailable woman"; q12c="a man and woman who played tennis"; q12d="a man who has filed suit against a woman"; q12e="none of the above"; q12review=""; q12answer="b"; q13="Psalm tones consisted of __________."; q13a="intonatium, tenor, mediatio, and terminatio"; q13b="the pitches of the gamut"; q13c="melismatic chants for the Office"; q13d="antiphons and the Lesser Doxology"; q13e="none of the above"; q13review=""; q13answer="a"; q14="The Divine Office, or canonical hours was _________."; q14a="the headquarters for Gregorian chant"; q14b="a system for notating chant"; q14c="a series of psalms and chants performed eight times per day"; q14d="the prescribed readings, chants and rituals for the entire church year"; q14e="none of the above"; q14review=""; q14answer="c"; q15="Which of the following statements is true of the Proper of the Mass?"; q15a="The texts and music change according to the church calendar."; q15b="The texts stay the same from day to day but the music differs."; q15c="It had a stricter code of behavior than other parts of the liturgy."; q15d="It is performed eight times per day."; q15e="none of the above"; q15review=""; q15answer="a"; q16="Liturgical dramas originated as __________."; q16a="nonliturgical dramas"; q16b="Greek musical theater"; q16c="tropes of the liturgy"; q16d="psalm verses sung antiphonally"; q16e="none of the above"; q16review=""; q16answer="c"; // End of hiding the script. --> <body>This page requires a browser that can display frames.<script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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