M1104
Music Appreciation Test 1
Question 1
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Identify the instruments in the picture
from the highest pitch to the lowest pitch.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Bass, violin, cello, viola
Viola, bass, cello, violin
Violin, viola, cello, bass
Cello, bass, viola, violin
Question 2
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Identify the instrument in the picture.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Flute
Oboe
Clarinet
Bassoon
Question 3
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Identify the instrument in the picture.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Horn
Trumpet
Trombone
Tuba
Question 4
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Identify the instrument in the picture.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Timpani
Snare drum
Vibraphone
Bass drum
Question 5
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Listen to the example and identify the
family of the instrument playing.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Aerophone
Chordophone
Idiophone
Membranophone
Question 6
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Listen to the example and identify the
family of the instrument playing.
Aerophone
2. Chordophone
3. Idiophone
4. Membranophone
1.
Question 7
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Listen to the example and identify the
family of the instrument playing.
Aerophone
2. Chordophone
3. Idiophone
4. Membranophone
1.
Question 8
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Listen to the example and identify the
family of the instrument playing.
Aerophone
2. Chordophone
3. Idiophone
4. Membranophone
1.
Question 9
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Listen to the excerpt and identify the
instrument playing the melodic line.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Flute
Bassoon
Horn
clarinet
Question 10
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Listen to the excerpt and identify the
instrument (voice range) singing.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Soprano
Alto
Tenor
Bass
Question 11
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Listen to the excerpt and identify the
instrument playing.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Alto voice
Flute
Violin
Soprano voice
Question 12
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Watch and listen to this excerpt and identify
the instrument playing.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Tuba
String bass
Bassoon
Bass voice
QuickTime™ and a
Sorenson Video decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
Question 13
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Watch and listen to this excerpt and
identify the instrument playing.
Violin
2. Viola
3. Cello
4. String Bass
1.
QuickTime™ and a
Sorenson Video decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
Question 14
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Watch and listen to this excerpt and
identify the instrument playing.
Violin
2. Flute
3. Trumpet
4. Oboe
1.
QuickTime™ and a
Sorenson Video decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
Question 15
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Listen to this excerpt and identify the
section of the orchestra playing.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Woodwinds
Brass
Percussion
Strings
Question 16
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Listen to this excerpt and identify the
section of the orchestra playing.
Woodwinds
2. Brass
3. Percussion
4. Strings
1.
Question 17
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Listen to this excerpt. The TEXTURE
you are hearing is called:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Monophonic
Polyphonic
Homophonic
Heterophonic
Question 18
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The term “a cappella” refers to choral
music performed:
1.
2.
3.
4.
With organ accompaniment
With orchestral accompaniment
With piano accompaniment
Without any accompaniment
Question 19
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Listen to this composition. Is it
a cappella?
1.
2.
Yes
No
Question 20
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What distinguishes chamber music from
orchestral music?
1.
2.
3.
4.
The forms of the movements
The number of players to each part
The room in which the music is being
performed
The number of movements in a work
Question 21
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Listen to this excerpt. It is:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Orchestral music
Band music
Choral music
Chamber music
QUESTIONS FROM
The Middle Ages
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22. The preservation of music without the help of
written notation is called________________.
1. oral tradition
 2. mental telepathy
 3. impossible
 4. Preservation method
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QUESTIONS FROM
The Middle Ages
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23. Hildegard of Bingen is known as_________.
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1. A mezzo-soprano
2. The earliest-known woman composer
3. The mother of the plainchant
4. The creator of organum
QUESTIONS FROM
The Middle Ages
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24. The single-line melodies of the music of the
early Christian Church are known as______.
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1. Gregorian chant
2. Plainchant
3. Plainsong
4. All of the above
QUESTIONS FROM
The Middle Ages
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25. The earliest type of polyphony was_______.
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1. The round
2. The fugue
3. Plainchant
4. Organum
QUESTIONS FROM
The Middle Ages
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26. The___________portion of the Mass
remains the same in every celebration of the
service.
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1. Spoken
2. Proper
3. Ordinary
4. Sung
QUESTIONS FROM
The Middle Ages
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27. One of the earliest women composers of
importance was_____________.
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1. Fanny Mendelssohn
2. Janet Jackson
3. Hildegard
4. Barbara Strozzi
QUESTIONS FROM
The Middle Ages
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28. The________________were Medieval
entertainers who played instruments, sang and
danced, juggled, and performed tricks.
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1. Jongleurs
2. Minisingers
3. Troubadours
4. Meistersingers
QUESTIONS FROM
The Middle Ages
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29. The vielle is a
Medieval_________instrument.
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1. Evil
2. Percussion
3. String
4. Wind
QUESTIONS FROM
The Middle Ages
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30. The 14th century motet flowered in the
hands of______________.
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1. Dufay
2. Josquin
3. Palestrina
4. Leonin
QUESTIONS FROM
The Middle Ages
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31. A fretted string instrument of the guitar family
with a pear-shaped back is the__________.
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1. Sackbut
2. Tromba marina
3. Harpsichord
4. Lute
QUESTIONS FROM
The Middle Ages
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32. A Medieval “brass” instrument usually made
from wood with fingerholes is called the______.
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1. Bassoon
2. Cornetto
3. Saxophone
4. Shawm
QUESTIONS FROM
The Middle Ages
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33. The sackbut is the Medieval ancestor of the
modern__________.
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1. Trombone
2. Tuba
3. Horn
4 Trumpet.
QUESTIONS FROM
The Middle Ages
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34. The outstanding poet-composer of the
French Ars Nova was____________.
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1. Monteverdi
2. Perotin
3. Machaut
4. Philip of Burgundy
QUESTIONS FROM
The Middle Ages
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35. Women _______(were or were not) allowed
to take part in secular music performances in the
Middle Ages.
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1. Were
2. Were not
QUESTIONS FROM
The Middle Ages
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36. Printing and making gunpowder came
from___.
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1. The Near East
2. The Middle East
3. The Far East
4. Northern Europe
QUESTIONS FROM
The Renaissance
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37. A vocal work without instrumental
accompaniment is said to be
performed______.
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1. A cappella
2. Poorly
3. In church
4. With organ only
QUESTIONS FROM
The Renaissance
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38. The fixed melody used as a basis for
elaborate polyphonic writing in the
Renaissance was called_________.
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1. The tune
2. The old one
3. The cantus Firmus
4. The Ground Round
QUESTIONS FROM
The Renaissance
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39. Native American music has been
preserved largely through____________.
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1. Manuscripts
2. The writings of Columbus
3. Photographs
4. Oral Tradition
QUESTIONS FROM
The Renaissance
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40. The golden age of a cappella music
was the______century.
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1. 13th
2. 14th
3. 15th
4. 16th
QUESTIONS FROM
The Renaissance
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41. Renaissance composers
preferred_________meter.
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1. Duple
2. Triple
QUESTIONS FROM
The Renaissance
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42. The first section of the ordinary
of the Mass is______.
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1. Gloria
2. Kyrie
3. Credo
4. Sanctus
QUESTIONS FROM
The Renaissance
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43. Who wrote the L’homme arme Mass?
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1. Monteverdi
2. Palestrina
3. Gesualdo
4. Dufay
QUESTIONS FROM
The Renaissance
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44. the L’homme arme Mass is based
on______.
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1. A violin piece
2. A popular piece
3. A Gregorian Chant
4. Organum
QUESTIONS FROM
The Renaissance
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45. Josquin’s Ave Maria is an example
of_______.
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1. A popular song
2. A motet
3. A Gigue
4. A mass
QUESTIONS FROM
The Renaissance
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46. Who is the composer of the Pope
Marcellus Mass?
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1. Palestrina
2. Monteverdi
3. Josquin
4. Dufay
QUESTIONS FROM
The Renaissance
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47. Where was the first madrigal
developed?
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1. In England
2. In France
3. In Germany
4. In Italy
QUESTIONS FROM
The Renaissance
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48. The St. Mark’s singing style was
called________.
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1. Loud
2. Polychoral
3. Antiphonal
4. Stereo