Unit 2 Quiz Prep

Question 1

What one way that you could text paint the lyrics "my tears fell"

Accepted Answer

Descending melody

Question 2

This musical excerpt is most likely from the...

Accepted Answer

Medieval era

Question 3

The text setting of the word "shows" in this musical excerpt is....

Accepted Answer

Melismatic

Question 4

This excerpt is most likely a(n)...

Accepted Answer

Aria

Question 5

Which of the following is considered the first written body of polyphonic music?

Accepted Answer

Organum

Question 6

What identifies this excerpt as a madrigal? (2 correct answers)

Accepted Answer

Fast tempo and steady meter, Language of the text

Question 7

This excerpt is most likely a(n)

Accepted Answer

Recitative

Question 8

Which of the following musical genres has a first movement that always contains the text "Kyrie"?

Accepted Answer

Mass

Question 9

Music from the Renaissance is more likely to be secular if...

Accepted Answer

its text is in the vernacular

Question 10

The Renaissance trend of humanism had which of the following effects?

Accepted Answer

Loosened the power of the church

Questions 10