Antiquity Exam Review

Question 1

During the 1st and 2nd centuries, music was considered to be part of __________ - every student should be exposed to it.

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an essential academic curriculum

Question 2

In ancient cultures, which of the following is a purpose music served?

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Religious and Formal Cermonies

Question 3

In ancient cultures, which of the following is a purpose music served?

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Nursery Songs

Question 4

In ancient cultures, which of the following is a purpose music served?

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Pacing purposes

Question 5

Which city became the political and religious capital of the Western Empires?

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Byzantium

Question 6

The _____, spanning the interval of a 4th, was the principal building block of ancient modes.

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tetrachord

Question 7

Greek philosophers believed music influenced one's __________.

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Ethos

Question 8

Which of the following was a reason music was not written down in ancient times?

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There was no standardized notation system for music yet

Question 9

Music’s movement in time; a particular arrangement of short and long duration

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Rhythm

Question 10

Of the following, which can be classified as a wind instrument?

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Aulos

Question 11

A scale or melody type, identified by the particular intervallic relationships among the notes in the mode

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Mode

Question 12

Spontaneous invention of music while performing

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Improvisation

Question 13

In ancient cultures, which of the following is a purpose music served?

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Popular entertainmnt/Acompaniment to drama

Question 14

Where did Ancient Greeks believe their music came from?

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Gods/demigods

Question 15

Moral and ethical character or way of being or behaving

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Ethos

Question 16

Of the following, which can be classified as a string instrument?

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Kithara

Question 17

Which Ancient Greek theory explains how music affects behavior?

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Theory of Imitation

Question 18

In ancient cultures, which of the following is a purpose music served?

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Compositional - for the enjoyment of the composer

Question 19

Theory that explains how many aspects of life, including music, affects behavior

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Theory of Imitation

Question 20

What is the title of the oldest known, complete, written song?

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Epitaph of Seikilos

Question 21

Which of the following was a reason music was not written down in ancient times?

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Lack of writing tools

Question 22

Which of the following was a reason music was not written down in ancient times?

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Lack of literacy skills

Question 23

Why is the Stasimon Chorus from Orestes not considered the first-known, complete written piece of music?

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The papyrus it is written on has been damaged

Question 24

Principal part of a musical work accompanied by other parts or chords; the main part of a musical composition

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Melody

Question 25

From the beginning of human existence, _____ has been a natural outlet for the expression of feelings.

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Singing

Question 26

Which city became the political and religious capital of the Western Empires?

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Rome

Question 27

Of the following options, who was one of the most famous philosophers in Ancient Greece?

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Socrates

Question 28

Of the following, which subject was one of the two believed to create the ideal curriculum?

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Gymnastics

Question 29

About how many songs remain from Ancient Greece?

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45

Question 30

In the Ancient Greek and Roman cultures, we know that vocal melody was intimately linked with the _____________________.

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rhythm and meter of words

Question 31

The prescribed body of texts to be spoken or sung and ritual actions to be performed in a religious service

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Liturgy

Question 32

Ancient music is primarily _____.

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Monophonic

Question 33

Who was the leading authority on music in the late-Antique/early-Medieval period?

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Boethius

Question 34

The union of parts into an orderly whole

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Harmonia

Question 35

Which two ancient civilizations provide the oldest examples of musical culture?

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Greece and Rome

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