Chapter 4: Quiz

" // Questions and Answers number_answers = new Array(5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5) q1="Which of the following features is not<\/i> characteristic of the ars nova<\/i> motet?"; q1a="It employs isorhythm."; q1b="Most of the texts are secular."; q1c="It does not employ a cantus firmus."; q1d="It is written for three voices."; q1e="It has more than one text."; q1review=""; q1answer="c"; q2="Which of the following letter schemes best represents the form of the virelai?"; q2a="AAB"; q2b="AbbaA"; q2c="aabC"; q2d="ABaAabAB"; q2e="none of the above"; q2review=""; q2answer="b"; q3="In cantilena style __________."; q3a="all parts move in roughly equal note values"; q3b="the top part is sung, while the lower voices are most often performed instrumentally"; q3c="isorhythm is used in all parts"; q3d="the second half of the melody is the reverse of the first half"; q3e="each voice sings a separate poetic text"; q3review=""; q3answer="b"; q4="Who was the foremost Italian composer of the trecento<\/i>?"; q4a="Guillaume de Machaut"; q4b="Petrarch"; q4c="Baude Cordier"; q4d="Marchetto of Padua"; q4e="Francesco Landini"; q4review=""; q4answer="e"; q5="In an isorhythmic work, the repeating rhythmic pattern is called the __________."; q5a="talea<\/i>"; q5b="tempus"; q5c="diminution"; q5d="color<\/i>"; q5e="prolation"; q5review=""; q5answer="a"; q6="The earliest known polyphonic cycle of the Mass Ordinary was composed by __________."; q6a="Philippe de Vitry"; q6b="Guillaume de Machaut"; q6c="Baude Cordier"; q6d="Francesco Landini"; q6e="Johannes Ciconia"; q6review=""; q6answer="b"; q7="Late in the fourteenth century, composers of the papal court of Avignon cultivated which type of music?"; q7a="ars antiqua<\/i>"; q7b="ars nova<\/i>"; q7c="ars subtilior<\/i>"; q7d="Trecento"; q7e="Gregorian chant"; q7review=""; q7answer="c"; q8="A cadence in which the upper voice moves down a step before moving up a third to the resolution is called a __________."; q8a="perfect cadence"; q8b="clausula"; q8c="double leading-tone cadence"; q8d="Landini cadence"; q8e="Machaut cadence"; q8review=""; q8answer="d"; q9="Who wrote a famous treatise and composed isorhythmic motets?"; q9a="Philippe de Vitry"; q9b="Guillaume de Machaut"; q9c="Marchetto da Padua"; q9d="Francesco Landini"; q9e="Baude Cordier"; q9review=""; q9answer="a"; q10="Who composed isorhythmic motets, secular songs, and a Mass Ordinary setting?"; q10a="Philippe de Vitry"; q10b="Guillaume de Machaut"; q10c="Marchetto da Padua"; q10d="Francesco Landini"; q10e="Baude Cordier"; q10review=""; q10answer="b"; q11="Name a blind organist who composed secular polyphonic songs in Italy."; q11a="Philippe de Vitry"; q11b="Guillaume de Machaut"; q11c="Marchetto da Padua"; q11d="Francesco Landini"; q11e="Baude Cordier"; q11review=""; q11answer="d"; q12="Changes between red and black ink __________."; q12a="were intended to confuse the singers"; q12b="indicated harmonic modulations"; q12c="indicated changes between duple and triple meter"; q12d="indicated that the passages in red should be performed by instruments, and the passages in black should be performed by voices"; q12e="were purely for decorative purposes"; q12review=""; q12answer="c"; q13="The French system of rhythmic notation was based on __________."; q13a="the Italian system of notation"; q13b="a theory of proportions developed in ancient Greece"; q13c="Franconian notation"; q13d="modal notation"; q13e="chant notation"; q13review=""; q13answer="c"; q14="Musical instruments of the fourteenth century were divided into "high" and "low" depending on __________."; q14a="pitch"; q14b="length of tubing or strings"; q14c="social status of the performer"; q14d="loudness or softness"; q14e="whether they were performed in towers or on the ground"; q14review=""; q14answer="d"; q15="Trecento composers used all but which of these genres?"; q15a="caccia"; q15b="madrigal"; q15c="ballata"; q15d="rondeau"; q15e="Trecento composers used all of the above genres."; q15review=""; q15answer="d"; // End of hiding the script. -->