CH 16 Quiz

CH 16 Quiz QUESTION 1 1. Which statement about Machaut is NOT true? 2. a. He took holy orders but worked for multiple French courts. b. He was an influential composer of the Ars antiqua style. c. He turned increasingly from religious to secular themes. d. His music and poetry were admired long after his death. QUESTION 2 1. The Ars nova began in Italy around the early 1400s. True False QUESTION 3 1. Where did Machaut work as a priest? 2. a. Notre Dame b. Reims Cathedral c. St. Mark’s d. Sacre-Coeur QUESTION 4 1. Which is a true statement regarding Machaut’s songs? 2. a. Machaut’s songs are characterized by simple meters and rhythms. b. Machaut set his chansons to French courtly love poems. c. All statements are true. d. Machaut turned increasingly to sacred themes. QUESTION 5 1. European contacts with _______ inspired new concepts of art. a. South America b. North America c. ancient Greece d. Eastern cultures QUESTION 6 1. Trouvères, medieval poet-musicians from the northern region of France, were members of 2. a. the clergy. b. the upper classes and the aristocracy. c. private guilds. d. the lower classes. QUESTION 7 1. Music, mathematics, geometry, and astronomy were the four topics considered essential to medieval a. education. b. entertainment. c. bureaucracy. d. military. QUESTION 8 1. What was the period that immediately preceded the Ars nova called? 2. a. Classical b. Ars antiqua c. Renaissance d. Baroque QUESTION 9 1. ________ mean(s) "finders" or "inventors." 2a. Troubadours and trouvères both b. Virelai c. Trouvères d. Troubadours QUESTION 10 1. During the later Middle Ages, polyphonic developments in sacred music carried over to the secular realm. True False QUESTION 11 1. Which of the following is/are poetic forms used in medieval chansons? 2. a. rondeau b. ballade c. virelai d. All possible answers. QUESTION 12 1. How does Machaut convey the medieval fascination for puzzles in Ma fin est mon commencement? 2. a. monophony b. palindromic structure c. clear and obvious text d. by writing the score upside down QUESTION 13 1. What is the genre of Machaut’s Ma fin est mon commencement? 2. a. sacred chanson b. monophonic secular chanson c. polyphonic secular chanson d. secular plainchant QUESTION 14 1. There was an interest in both the regularity and complexity of musical patterns during the Ars nova. True False QUESTION 15 1. The poet-musicians who flourished in the south of France were known as 2. a. Minnesingers. b. wandering minstrels. c. virelais. d. troubadours. QUESTION 16 1. Who of the following was NOT a medieval writer/poet? 2. a. Boccaccio b. Petrarch c. Chaucer d. Pythagoras QUESTION 17 1. In which poetic form is Machaut’s chanson Ma fin est mon commencement set? 2. a. sonata b. ballade c. virelai d. rondeau QUESTION 18 1. The Ars nova ushered in developments in ______ that transformed the art of music. 2. a. harmony b. rhythm c. All possible answers. d. meter QUESTION 19 1. Machaut was the first composer self-consciously to attempt a compositional legacy. True False QUESTION 20 1. Which musical style appeared in the early 1300s in France and soon thereafter in Italy? 2. a. Ars Français b. Ars Romana c. Ars antiqua d. Ars nova QUESTION 21 1. Which of the following topics might be found in medieval lyrics? 2. a. politics b. songs of the Crusades c. unrequited love d. All possible answers. QUESTION 22 1. Which secular medieval musicians entertained audiences at the higher social levels? a. monks b. jugglers c. troubadours d. soldiers QUESTION 23 1. Machaut’s own poetry often centers on the idea of 2. a. law and order. b. nature. c. fishing. d. medieval chivalry. QUESTION 24 1. In the Western tradition, music historically has not been linked to mathematics and geometry. True False QUESTION 25 1. The poems of the troubadour and trouvère repertory include 2. a. political and moral ditties. b. love songs centered on the idea of "unrequited love." c. All possible answers. d. laments.