Reading Quiz for Chapter 7

Read Chapter 7 in your book and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

  1. Question

    In Renaissance music, the term paraphrase refers to what procedure?

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    In Renaissance music, the term paraphrase refers to what procedure?
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See New Attitudes in Chapter 7.

  2. Question

    Renaissance composers using paraphrase emphasized what aspect of the chant?

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    Renaissance composers using paraphrase emphasized what aspect of the chant?
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See New Attitudes in Chapter 7.

  3. Question

    Which of the following techniques began to be used in the fifteenth century?

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    Which of the following techniques began to be used in the fifteenth century?
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Early Homophony in Chapter 7.

  4. Question

    Dufay’s “Ave maris stella” is an example of what kind of music?

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    Dufay’s “Ave maris stella” is an example of what kind of music?
    Correct.

  5. Question

    Which of the following was an important development in Renaissance music?

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    Which of the following was an important development in Renaissance music?
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See The Mass in Chapter 7.

  6. Question

    What was the chief characteristic of the High Renaissance style, which emerged around 1500?

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    What was the chief characteristic of the High Renaissance style, which emerged around 1500?
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See The High Renaissance Style in Chapter 7.

  7. Question

    Which term refers to a brief passage of imitative polyphony that usually uses a single melodic motive?

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    Which term refers to a brief passage of imitative polyphony that usually uses a single melodic motive?
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Josquin Desprez, Pange lingua Mass in Chapter 7.

  8. Question

    What does it mean to perform a cappella?

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    What does it mean to perform a cappella?
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Other Characteristics in Chapter 7.

  9. Question

    What is word painting?

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    What is word painting?
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Music as Expression in Chapter 7.

  10. Question

    Why was accurate declamation important to composers of the Renaissance?

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    Why was accurate declamation important to composers of the Renaissance?
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Music as Expression in Chapter 7.

  11. Question

    Why was the motet a popular genre among composers of the sixteenth century?

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    Why was the motet a popular genre among composers of the sixteenth century?
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See The Motet in Chapter 7.

  12. Question

    An important new vocal genre based on a one-stanza poem and developed in Italy after around 1530 was called the

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    An important new vocal genre based on a one-stanza poem and developed in Italy after around 1530 was called the
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See The Italian Madrigal in Chapter 7.

  13. Question

    Italian and English madrigals are both

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    Italian and English madrigals are both
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See The Italian Madrigal and The English Madrigal in Chapter 7.

  14. Question

    The best sixteenth-century composers concentrated primarily on

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    The best sixteenth-century composers concentrated primarily on
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Instrumental Music: Early Developments in Chapter 7.

  15. Question

    The pavan and the galliard were usually

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    The pavan and the galliard were usually
    Correct.
    Incorrect. See Renaissance Dances in Chapter 7.