Chapter 7: 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 sixteenth-century Italian madrigal developed from the __________."; q1a="trecento madrigal"; q1b="frottola"; q1c="English madrigal"; q1d="all of the above"; q1e="none of the above"; q1review=""; q1answer="b"; q2="The frottola was __________."; q2a="a folklike homophonic secular song"; q2b="a folklike homophonic sacred song"; q2c="a highly developed polyphonic secular song"; q2d="a dance type with quick rhythms and triple meter"; q2e="none of the above"; q2review=""; q2answer="a"; q3="The poet whose work inspired composers of sixteenth century Italy was __________."; q3a="Shakespeare"; q3b="Milton"; q3c="Petrarch"; q3d="Machaut"; q3e="none of the above"; q3review=""; q3answer="c"; q4="The lauda was __________."; q4a="the religious equivalent of the frottola"; q4b="the Latin equivalent of the chorale-motet"; q4c="a Spanish song accompanied by the vihuela"; q4d="a dance form with a slow tempo and duple meter"; q4e="none of the above"; q4review=""; q4answer="a"; q5="The two most important composers of sacred music in Italy in the mid-sixteenth century were __________."; q5a="Morales and Victoria"; q5b="Marenzio and Vicentino"; q5c="Gombert and Willaert"; q5d="Gesualdo and Monteverdi"; q5e="none of the above"; q5review=""; q5answer="c"; q6="Which of the following developments took place in the sixteenth century?"; q6a="Musica ficta undermined the theory of the modes."; q6b="Some composers experimented with chromaticism."; q6c="Literary theory affected musical composition."; q6d="all of the above"; q6e="none of the above"; q6review=""; q6answer="d"; q7="The Concerto delle Donne was __________."; q7a="a group of women who played viols and recorders in consorts"; q7b="a group of women renowned for their singing at noble courts"; q7c="an academy that met to discuss ways to set poetry to music"; q7d="all of the above"; q7e="none of the above"; q7review=""; q7answer="b"; q8="Gesualdo's style of madrigal composition is marked by __________."; q8a="homophonic texture and simple harmonies"; q8b="chromaticism for expressive effect"; q8c="strophic settings of folklike poems"; q8d="all of the above"; q8e="none of the above"; q8review=""; q8answer="b"; q9="English madrigal composition was inspired by ________."; q9a="the French chanson"; q9b="the rediscovery of Shakespeare's sonnets"; q9c="the publication of Musica transalpina<\/i>"; q9d="all of the above"; q9e="none of the above"; q9review=""; q9answer="c"; q10="John Dowland composed songs for __________."; q10a="English country dancing"; q10b="voice with lute accompaniment"; q10c="alternating massed choirs"; q10d="all of the above"; q10e="none of the above"; q10review=""; q10answer="b"; q11="Which of these instruments was not<\/i> used during the late sixteenth century?"; q11a="viol"; q11b="lute"; q11c="harpsichord"; q11d="fortepiano"; q11e="sackbut"; q11review=""; q11answer="d"; q12="Which of these statements accurately describes instrumental music at the beginning of the sixteenth century?"; q12a="Each instrument had a particular style of composition."; q12b="Most instrumental music was modeled on vocal music."; q12c="There was no instrumental music at the beginning of the sixteenth century."; q12d="All instrumental music was meant for dancing."; q12e="none of the above"; q12review=""; q12answer="b"; q13="Music in an improvisatory style was in tablatuse notated for __________."; q13a="lute"; q13b="shawm"; q13c="sackbut"; q13d="all of the above"; q13e="none of the above"; q13review=""; q13answer="a"; q14="Which of the following was not<\/i> a popular dance type in the sixteenth century?"; q14a="passamezzo"; q14b="pavane"; q14c="galliard"; q14d="minuet"; q14e="branle gay"; q14review=""; q14answer="d"; q15="Which of the following techniques became popular among English keyboardists?"; q15a="imitation"; q15b="variation"; q15c="mensuration"; q15d="text painting"; q15e="none of the above"; q15review=""; q15answer="b"; q16="Which of the following was not<\/i> a type of instrumental composition?"; q16a="consort"; q16b="ricercare"; q16c="toccata"; q16d="prelude"; q16e="none of the above"; q16review=""; q16answer="a"; // End of hiding the script. -->