CHAPTER ONE REVIEW
1. The sixth-century writer who compiled a compendium of Greek music theory was __________.

a) Boethius
b) St. Augustine
c) Plato
d) St. John
e) St. Ambrose

2. Which of the following was not used in ancient Greece?

a) kithara
b) aulos
c) percussion
d) lyre
e) shofar

3. The rhythm of ancient Greek music was intimately tied to __________.

a) dance rhythms
b) poetic meter
c) numerology
d) religious beliefs
e) none of the above

4. The Doctrine of Ethos is the theory that music __________.

a) has eight tonoi
b) could influence a person's morality
c) should be performed rhythmically
d) creates a sound in the heavens
e) none of the above

5. Which of these subjects was not part of the quadrivium according to Martianus Capella?

a) arithmetic
b) astronomy
c) geometry
d) music
e) rhetoric

6. Which of the following describes the sources for notated music of ancient Greece?

a) There are few surviving examples.
b) There are hundreds of surviving examples.
c) Most of the surviving examples come from Plato's time.
d) There are no surviving examples.
e) The surviving examples do not notate rhythm.

7. Aristotle's theory of imitation holds that __________.

a) music is capable of imitating sounds and ideas from the external world
b) students should learn musical skills by emulating a master teacher
c) only the best-educated members of a society should be permitted to study music
d) music can influence character and behavior by representing emotional states
e) none of the above

8. Which of the following is not true of ancient Greek musical thought?

a) Music was closely related to numbers and to number theory.
b) Music was an important part of the Greek educational system as described by Plato and Aristotle.
c) Music was practiced only by an elite group of professional performers.
d) The concepts of music and poetry were virtually synonymous.
e) Theorists tried to explain the musical practices of their time.

9. The church fathers believed __________.

a) that music was evil and should be banished from religion
b) that music was good and should be performed often
c) that music could be good or evil and that only the right kinds of music should be sung in worship
d) that instrumental music was good but vocal music was evil
e) none of the above

10. Ancient Greek musical writings included __________.

a) descriptions of musical practices of the time
b) doctrines on the nature of music
c) doctrines on the proper uses of music in society
d) all of the above
e) none of the above

CHAPTER TWO REVIEW:

1. The person who proposed ut, re, mi, fa, sol, and la as solmization syllables was __________.

a) Charlemagne
b) Notker Balbulus
c) Alcuin
d) Guido of Arezzo
e) Pope Gregory

2. The prescribed texts and rites that collectively constitute the religious services of the church are known as the __________.

a) Alleluia
b) Rule of St. Benedict
c) liturgy
d) Divine Office
e) Mass

3. Chants that have sections with many notes per syllable are called __________.

a) melismatic
b) modal
c) syllabic
d) neumatic
e) tropes

4. The eight church modes are defined primarily by their __________.

a) intonation, tenor, mediant, and termination
b) neumes and plagals
c) solmization and ambitus
d) range, final, and reciting tone
e) none of the above

5. The aristocratic composer-poets of northern France were the __________.

a) troubadours
b) trouvères
c) Meistersinger
d) Minnesinger
e) jongleurs

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