Chapter 3: Quiz

" // 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 first description of polyphonic music is contained in __________."; q1a="The Winchester Troper"; q1b="Ad organum faciendum<\/i>"; q1c="Musica enchiriadis<\/i>"; q1d="Magnus liber organi<\/i>"; q1e="Ars cantus mensurabilis<\/i>"; q1review=""; q1answer="c"; q2="Which composer expanded organum by writing quadruplum<\/i>, or organa for four voices?"; q2a="Léonin"; q2b="Pérotin"; q2c="Franco of Cologne"; q2d="Anonymous IV"; q2e="Eleanor of Aquitaine"; q2review=""; q2answer="b"; q3="The medieval motet began as an elaboration or troping of which genre?"; q3a="substitute clausulae"; q3b="florid organum"; q3c="sequence"; q3d="conductus"; q3e="Alleluia"; q3review=""; q3answer="a"; q4="A new system of rhythmic notation based on relationships among the shapes of individual notes and their duration was described in the thirteenth century by __________."; q4a="Guido of Arezzo"; q4b="Pérotin"; q4c="Léonin"; q4d="Anonymous IV"; q4e="Franco of Cologne"; q4review=""; q4answer="e"; q5="In early organum the voice that is added to the chant is called the __________."; q5a="vox principalis<\/i>"; q5b="vox organalis<\/i>"; q5c="motetus<\/i>"; q5d="cauda<\/i>"; q5e="none of the above"; q5review=""; q5answer="b"; q6="A chant that serves as the foundation for a medieval polyphonic composition is called its __________."; q6a="vox organalis<\/i>"; q6b="duplum<\/i>"; q6c="cantus firmus<\/i>"; q6d="trope"; q6e="motetus<\/i>"; q6review=""; q6answer="c"; q7="Which of the following is not<\/i> a feature of the polyphonic conductus?"; q7a="The tenor voice came from Gregorian chant."; q7b="The text was rhymed metrical poetry."; q7c="A melisma called a cauda<\/i> sometimes preceded or followed phrases."; q7d="The tenor voice had the same rhythmic speed as the upper voices."; q7e="It died out ca. 1250."; q7review=""; q7answer="a"; q8="The six rhythmic modes were indicated by __________."; q8a="patterns of ligatures"; q8b="the rhythm of the syllables"; q8c="different note shapes for different durations"; q8d="meter signs at the beginnings of lines"; q8e="vertical lines between measures"; q8review=""; q8answer="a"; q9="In a motet, the second voice from the bottom is called the __________."; q9a="duplum"; q9b="motetus"; q9c="alto"; q9d="countertenor"; q9e="tenor"; q9review=""; q9answer="b"; q10="Organum in which all the voices sing in measured rhythm is called __________."; q10a="copula"; q10b="organum duplum"; q10c="discant"; q10d="organum triplum"; q10e="versus"; q10review=""; q10answer="c"; q11="A collection of organum that cannot be transcribed because it was written in unheighted neumes is __________."; q11a="Ars cantus mensurabilis<\/i>"; q11b="Winchester Troper"; q11c="Musica enchiriadis<\/i>"; q11d="Ad organum faciendum<\/i>"; q11e="Micrologus<\/i>"; q11review=""; q11answer="b"; q12="The center for organum composition in the late twelfth century was __________."; q12a="Paris"; q12b="southwestern France"; q12c="Italy"; q12d="Germany"; q12e="Spain"; q12review=""; q12answer="a"; q13="The most innovative feature of the Franconian motet is __________."; q13a="the similarity of rhythm among all the voices"; q13b="the use of rhythmic modes"; q13c="the use of texts that trope the chant source of the tenor voice"; q13d="a faster-moving triplum voice than in previous motet styles"; q13e="the use of texts by Petrarch"; q13review=""; q13answer="d"; q14="The Magnus Liber Organi<\/i> was __________."; q14a="a book of organum begun by Léonin and updated by Anonymous IV"; q14b="a book of organum begun by Anonymous IV and updated by Pérotin"; q14c="a book of organum begun by Léonin and updated by Pérotin"; q14d="a book of organum that accompanied the Liber usualis<\/i>"; q14e="a book of instructions on how to make organum"; q14review=""; q14answer="c"; q15="The correct chronological order for sources of organum is __________."; q15a="Magnus Liber Organi<\/i>,Winchester Troper, Musica enchiriadis<\/i>"; q15b="Musica enchiriadis<\/i>,Winchester Troper, Magnus Liber Organi<\/i>"; q15c="Winchester Troper, Musica enchiriadis<\/i>, Magnus Liber Organi<\/i>"; q15d="Musica enchiriadis<\/i>, Magnus Liber Organi<\/i>, Winchester Troper"; q15e="Winchester Troper, Magnus Liber Organi<\/i>, Musica enchiriadis<\/i>"; q15review=""; q15answer="b"; q16="The earliest organum was applied to __________."; q16a="solo portions of the Proper and troped parts of the Ordinary of the Mass and Office"; q16b="solo portions of the Ordinary of the Mass and Office"; q16c="choral portions of the Proper of the Mass and Office"; q16d="choral portions of the Ordinary of the Mass and Office"; q16e="solo and choral portions of both the Ordinary and Proper of the Mass and Office"; q16review=""; q16answer="a"; // End of hiding the script. -->