a. 1000-1600
b. 400-800
c. 400-1475
d. 1200-1400

2. Which type of chant is characterized by a single syllable sung to many notes:

a. neumatic
b. syllabic
c. monodic
d. melismatic
e. antiphonal

3. Which type of chant performance alternates a soloist(s) with a large group of singers?

a. antiphonal chant
b. Psalm
c. responsorial chant
d. direct chant

4. The main source for music from Notre Dame cathedral, Paris ca. 1200 is:

a. The Magnus Liber
b. Musica enchiriadis
c. Notre Dame Antiphonal
d. Organum novum

5. Which of the following is not characteristic of a 2-voice Notre Dame organum?

a. The lower voice is based on a responsorial chant
b. It uses both discant and organum styles
c. The lower voice is called the tenor
d. The two voices employ extensive imitation

6. The term Ars nova connotes music in:

a. Medieval Britain
b. monestaries, ca. 1000 A.D.
c. 13th-century France
d. 14th-century France
e. 14th-century Italy

7.Which feature is not typical of Renaissance music:

a. melodies with mainly stepwise motion
b. more careful control of dissonance than in the Middle Ages
c. a preference for vocal over instrumental forces
d. monophonic texture

8. A short section of a Renaissance composition based on a short verbal text and a melody presented in imitation is called:

a. a point of imitation
b. a motet
c. sogetto cavatto
d. a canon

9. A borrowed or pre-existing melody that is incorporated into a new Renaissance composition is known as:

a. a subject
b. a cantus firmus
c. an exposition
d. a theme
e. a canon

10. The portion of the Mass whose texts do not vary according to the feat day being celebrated:

a. The Proper of the Mass
b. The Canon of the Mass
c. The Ordinary of the Mass
d. The Credo of the Mass

11. A synonym for word-painting is:

a. madrigalism
b. chiaroscuro
c. imitation
d. parody

12. Performances by voices alone is also called:

a. accompagnato performance
b. a cappella performance
c. polyphonic performance
d. plainsong

13. Which of the following is NOT a synonym for Gregorian Chant:

a. organum
b. plainchant
c. chant
d. plainsong

14. Which of the following composers was associate with Notre Dame, Paris ca. 1200?

a. Josquin
b. Dufay
c. Binchois
d. Leoninus