Chapter 9: Quiz

" // Questions and Answers number_answers = new Array(5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5) q1="The term baroque<\/i> was first applied to __________."; q1a="overly ornate embellishments in architecture"; q1b="Monteverdi's style of composition"; q1c="basso continuo technique"; q1d="all of the above"; q1e="none of the above"; q1review=""; q1answer="a"; q2="Which of the following is not<\/i> a feature of early Baroque music?"; q2a="the development of major and minor tonalities"; q2b="a focus on chord progressions rather than counterpoint and intervals"; q2c="figured bass"; q2d="a desire to resurrect musical practices of the Middle Ages"; q2e="none of the above"; q2review=""; q2answer="d"; q3="Monteverdi called his adventurous compositional style, which freely admitted dissonance in the service of vivid portrayal of the text, the __________."; q3a="doctrine of affections"; q3b="nuove musiche"; q3c="Florentine camerata"; q3d="seconda pratica"; q3e="none of the above"; q3review=""; q3answer="d"; q4="The count who hosted gatherings of poets and musicians at his home"; q4a="Peri"; q4b="Caccini"; q4c="Monteverdi"; q4d="Bardi"; q4e="none of the above"; q4review=""; q4answer="d"; q5="The composer who collaborated on the first operas of the Florentine Camerata"; q5a="Peri"; q5b="Caccini"; q5c="Monteverdi"; q5d="Bardi"; q5e="none of the above"; q5review=""; q5answer="a"; q6="The composer who composed both early operas and madrigals"; q6a="Peri"; q6b="Caccini"; q6c="Monteverdi"; q6d="Bardi"; q6e="none of the above"; q6review=""; q6answer="c"; q7="The composer whose monodic compositions included written-out embellishments"; q7a="Peri"; q7b="Caccini"; q7c="Monteverdi"; q7d="Bardi"; q7e="none of the above"; q7review=""; q7answer="b"; q8="The process of playing from a figured-bass part, including improvising a chordal accompaniment according to the figured-bass numerals, is called __________."; q8a="free improvisation"; q8b="ripieno"; q8c="continuo realization"; q8d="seconda pratica"; q8e="monody"; q8review=""; q8answer="c"; q9="The sixteenth-century predecessors of opera were __________."; q9a="operettas"; q9b="oratorios"; q9c="attempts to stage ancient Greek tragedies with music"; q9d="all of the above"; q9e="none of the above"; q9review=""; q9answer="c"; q10="Le nuove musiche was __________."; q10a="Monteverdi's term for the modern style"; q10b="a collection of songs by Caccini"; q10c="a group of musicians who performed experimental music"; q10d="all of the above"; q10e="none of the above"; q10review=""; q10answer="b"; q11="The librettist for the earliest operas was __________."; q11a="Torquato Tasso"; q11b="Giovanni Battista Guarini"; q11c="Jacopo Peri"; q11d="Ottavio Rinuccini"; q11e="none of the above"; q11review=""; q11answer="d"; q12="The first public opera house opened in 1637 in what city?"; q12a="Venice"; q12b="Florence"; q12c="Mantua"; q12d="Rome"; q12e="none of the above"; q12review=""; q12answer="a"; q13="The earliest opera plots were based on __________."; q13a="historical events"; q13b="mythological characters and events"; q13c="current events"; q13d="any of the above"; q13e="none of the above"; q13review=""; q13answer="b"; q14="Two of Monteverdi's pupils and successors as composers of Venetian opera were __________."; q14a="Cavalli and Cesti"; q14b="Peri and Caccini"; q14c="Lully and Couperin"; q14d="Guarini and Bardi"; q14e="none of the above"; q14review=""; q14answer="a"; q15="Gabrieli's polychoral works were performed in ________."; q15a="the great cathedrals of England"; q15b="Saint Mark's in Venice"; q15c="Saint Peter's in Rome"; q15d="all of the above"; q15e="none of the above"; q15review=""; q15answer="b"; q16="Which of the following is not<\/i> characteristic of Roman oratorios?"; q16a="They were elaborately staged."; q16b="They were performed in the oratory portions of Roman churches."; q16c="They included recitatives and arias."; q16d="They drew their stories from the Bible."; q16e="All of the above were features of Roman oratorios."; q16review=""; q16answer="a"; q17="In the early seventeenth century, the term concertato<\/i> meant __________."; q17a="a small group of instrumental soloists accompanied by orchestra"; q17b="combining voices and instruments"; q17c="a work for one solo instrument accompanied by orchestra"; q17d="all of the above"; q17e="none of the above"; q17review=""; q17answer="b"; q18="Which of the following is not<\/i> one of the variation forms of early seventeenth-century instrumental music?"; q18a="partita"; q18b="chaconne"; q18c="passacaglia"; q18d="all of the above are variation forms"; q18e="none of the above is a variation form"; q18review=""; q18answer="d"; q19="The instruments of a trio sonata were __________."; q19a="two treble instruments plus a bass instrument, such as the cello"; q19b="two treble instruments plus a chording instrument, such as the harpsichord"; q19c="two treble instruments plus a chording instrument and a bass instrument"; q19d="violin, viola, and cello"; q19e="none of the above"; q19review=""; q19answer="c"; q20="The French style of keyboard composition developed from __________."; q20a="the English style of harpsichord composition"; q20b="the French style of lute composition"; q20c="the German style of organ composition"; q20d="all of the above"; q20e="none of the above"; q20review=""; q20answer="b"; q21="Which of the following is the structure of the suite as developed by Froberger?"; q21a="pavane, galliard, courante, allemande"; q21b="pavane, allemande, courante, gigue"; q21c="allemande, courante, sarabande, gigue"; q21d="intrada, pavane, galliard, gigue"; q21e="none of the above"; q21review=""; q21answer="c"; // End of hiding the script. -->