Review over Antiquity MUS 121

Question 1

What was one of the original competitive events of the Olympic games held at Delphi?

Accepted Answer

Singing

Question 2

Which instrument did Miriam use to lead the Israelite women in song in the passage from Exodus?

Accepted Answer

Tambourine

Question 3

Which Ancient Greek philosopher said, "The unexamined life is not worth living?"

Accepted Answer

Socrates

Question 4

Which Greek Philosopher said that Music Education needed to become an element of citizenship:

Accepted Answer

Aristotle

Question 5

The musical system in Ancient Greece, interlocking groups of four notes called:

Accepted Answer

Tetrachords

Question 6

Who was the scientist that discovered intervals?

Accepted Answer

Pythagoras

Question 7

Who warned to "beware of new types of music, as they may be hazards?"

Accepted Answer

Plato

Question 8

What was the Greek word for melody?

Accepted Answer

Melos

Question 9

One of the oldest instruments is a flute from a bird bone that dates back how many years?

Accepted Answer

34,000 years

Question 10

Knowledge of Ancient Greek instruments comes partially from illustrations found on:

Accepted Answer

Pottery

Question 11

What is the myth of women that lure sailors to treacherous waters with their song?

Accepted Answer

Odysseus and the Sirens

Question 12

What is the title of the only complete piece of music from Ancient Greece?

Accepted Answer

Epitaph of Seikilos

Question 13

The harmonic texture of Ancient Greek music was:

Accepted Answer

Monophonic

Question 14

What type of music was seen as being inferior in Ancient Greece?

Accepted Answer

Instrumental

Question 15

The main public venue for music was what?

Accepted Answer

Theater

Question 16

The belief that music had the power to elevate or debase the soul is found in this document:

Accepted Answer

Doctrine of Ethos

Question 17

An ancient instrument that was powered by water pressure created with bellows:

Accepted Answer

Hydraulic organ

Question 18

The Roman's developed a detachable mouthpiece for this brass instrument:

Accepted Answer

Tuba

Question 19

In what year was the last Roman emperor overthrown when the Roman Empire all but vanished?

Accepted Answer

476

Question 20

When multiple interlocking groups of four notes are combined by a joining note, it is known as:

Accepted Answer

Greater Perfect System

Question 21

Psalmody and Hymnody - elements of Christian chant originate from which traditions?

Accepted Answer

Jewish traditions

Question 22

A harp-like string instrument - one of the most important instruments from Ancient Greece:

Accepted Answer

Lyre

Question 23

How many pieces of music have survived from Ancient Greece - fragmented or complete?

Accepted Answer

45

Question 24

Which interval did Pythagoras discover first?

Accepted Answer

Octave

Question 25

A wind instrument from Ancient Greece that sounded like a modern day oboe:

Accepted Answer

Aulos

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