Reading Quiz for Global Perspectives: Sacred Chant

1. Question

   In Islam, Qur’anic recitation is thought of as

   A.

   a type of secular music making.

   B.

   singing the Qur’an.

   C.

   reading the Qur’an aloud, not singing it.

   D.

   requiring painstaking musical notation.

   In Islam, Qur’anic recitation is thought of as

   Correct.

   Incorrect. See Global Perspectives: Sacred Chant in Chapter 6.

2. Question

   Which of the following statements accurately describes Qur’anic recitation?

   A.

   It is always accompanied by a drone instrument.

   B.

   It is monophonic, nonmetric, and passed along by oral tradition.

   C.

   It is accompanied by dancing.

   D.

   It is polyphonic and uses regular meters.

   Which of the following statements accurately describes Qur’anic recitation?

   Correct.

   Incorrect. See Global Perspectives: Sacred Chant in Chapter 6.

3. Question

   An azan is

   A.

   an Islamic call to worship.

   B.

   a type of Hawai’ian chant.

   C.

   a type of Navajo chant.

   D.

   a singer who performs Qur’anic recitation.

   An azan is

   Correct.

   Incorrect. See Global Perspectives: Sacred Chant in Chapter 6.

4. Question

   Hawai’ian prayer songs are called

   A.

   muezzin.

   B.

   ho’zho’ni.

   C.

   musiqi.

   D.

   mele pule.

   Hawai’ian prayer songs are called

   Correct.

   Incorrect. See Global Perspectives: Sacred Chant in Chapter 6.

5. Question

   What are vocables?

   A.

   Hawai’ian chanters

   B.

   syllables that have no precise meaning but that can have deep significance

   C.

   wavering pitches

   D.

   Navajo sacred songs

   What are vocables?

   Correct.

   Incorrect. See Global Perspectives: Sacred Chant in Chapter 6.