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1
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Three people credited with transmitting Ancient Greek learning to Western Europe

A

Averroes
Maimonides
Avicenna

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Stained glass windows: select 1-4

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all

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Chartres Cathedral: select 1-4

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all

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Which is not characteristic of a Muslim mosque?

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images of Muhammad

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qibla wall

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the wall facing Mecca

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hijera

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Muhammad’s flight to Yathrib to escape persecution

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Medina

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the town of the first Islamic theocracy, now the second holiest city in Islam

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caliphate

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the land and peoples ruled by the caliph

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Islam

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submission

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Moslem

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one who submits to Allah

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Ka’bah

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cube, the building at the center of Islam’s most important mosque

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Mecca

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Islam’s holiest city, the destination of pilgrimage for a Moslem

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Qur’an

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recitation, holy book of scripture

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jihad

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“to strive,” usually refers to a spiritual struggle to live the standards of the Qur’an

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“Contraposto” is a term used to indicate

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a chiastic stance in Greek statuary

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the importance of the art and architecture in the city of Ravenna is

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-the combination of basilica shapes
-Christian symbolism
-change from 3-D art to 2-D
-blending secular and spiritual

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17
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The Gothic style of architecture was begun at _______ by Abbot Suger

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St. Denis

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18
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Correct order of Charlemagne generations (oldest to youngest)

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Charles Martel
Carolus Magnus
Louis the German
Lothair

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19
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Who translated the Bible into Latin?

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St. Jerome

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What was the Latin translation of the Bible called?

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Vulgate Bible

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T/F The basilica was a representation of the City of God which is described in the book of Revelation and discussed by St. Augustine

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True

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T/F Portals marked the passages which were necessary to arrive at a union with God

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True

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T/F The nave could be seen as the ship which harbored the faithful and represented a progression through life until you arrive at union with God

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Ture

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T/F The apse represented the heavens, the end of the sacred journey and a communion with God

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True

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T/F The dome is sacred because it is the centralized circular space. Because it is up so high, it gives the impression of mystical and heavenly space

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True

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The lifestyle of Benedictine monasticism can be summarized in the motto

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Pray, sing, work

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Medieval philosophical thought is known for primarily being

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synthetic and hierarchial

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28
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Thomas Aquinas tried to reconcile

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reason and revelation

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What is the text of the Sanctus?

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Holy, holy, holy, Lord of Hosts. Heaven and Earth are full of thy glory

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30
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Why is Boethius important

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-translations of Greek philosophers transmit Greek knowledge to medieval Europe

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31
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The musical term for several independent melodic lines is

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polyphony

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32
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And Roland says: ‘We are in a rough battle.
I’ll sound the oxidant, Charles will hear it.”
Said Oliver: “No good vassal would do it.
When I urged it, friend, you did not think it right.
If Charles were here, we’d come out with no losses.
Those men down there–no blame can fall on them.”
Oliver said: “Now by this beard of mine,
If I can see my noble sister, Aude,
one more, you will never lie in her arms!” AOI

A

Chanson de geste

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33
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  1. God strengthens the faithful so that the Devil cannot conquer them.
    God, Who disposes all things justly and rightly, call His faithful people to the glory of the celestial inheritance; but the ancient deceiver lurks in ambush and tries to hinder them by using all his wicked arts against them. But he is conquered by them and is confounded as his presumption deserves for they possess the celestial country, and he suffers the horrors of Hell.
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A record of 26 religious visions

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34
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Objection 1: It seems that sacred doctrine is not a science. For every science proceeds form self-evident principles. But sacred doctrine proceeds form articles of faith which are not self-evident, since their truth is not admitted by all: “For all men have not faith” (2 Thess. 3:2). Therefore, sacred doctrine is not science.

A

A summation of the major theological questions of the High Middle Ages

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35
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The as dawn brightened and the day broke
Grendel’s powers of destruction were plain:
Their wassail was over, they wept to heaven
and mourned under morning, Their mighty prince,
the storied leader, sat stricken and helpless,
humiliated by the loss of his guard,
bewildered and stunned, staring aghast
at the demon’s trail, in deep distress.

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Beowulf (the founding epic poem of the English language)

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36
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Where art thou, Death, thou mighty messenger?
Death: Almighty God, I am here at your will,
Your commandment to fulfill.
God: Go thou to Everyman,
And show him in my name
A pilgrimage he must on him take,
Which he in no wise may escape;
And that he bring with him a sure reckoning
Without delay or any tarrying.

A

the most famous morality play through the middle ages

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37
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Perotin

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used both melodic and rhythmic modes

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38
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movement of the mass not in Latin

A

Kyrie

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39
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One of the principal ideas of Abbot Suger (the creator of the Gothic style) was the symbolism of

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light

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40
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The Roman variety of chant made obligatory throughout the Carolingian empire was known as

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Gregorian chant

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41
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NOT true about relics

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the narthex allowed pilgrims to worship relics while church services were being held

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42
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Thomas Aquinas was a master of dialectic. To prove his arguments, he

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followed a logical sequence of thesis, antithesis, analysis and synthesis

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43
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Carmina Burana is

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a collection of medieval student poems later set to music

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44
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A trouvere was

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a composed of medieval secular music

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45
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In the early medieval period, ivory carvings were often used for

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book covers

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46
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The most significant architectural feature of the Hagia Sophia is

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the dome on pendentives

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47
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Romanesque architecture saw a marked increase in the use of

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exterior sculpture

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48
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The medieval epic poem that celebrates a battle between the Frankish army and a Muslim force at the Spanish border is

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Song of Roland

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49
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Who DID NOT write in the vernacular?

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Thomas Aquinas

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50
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What exterior area of the church was not decorated by artists?

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The apse

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51
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The elaboration of a Biblical scene in the liturgy of the medieval church led directly to the

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beginning of Western drama

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52
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5 movements of the Mass ordinary

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  1. Kyrie
  2. Gloria
  3. Credo
  4. Sanctus
  5. Agnus Dei
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53
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T/F The Trinity was seen on the Utrecht Psalter

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False

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54
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T/F early attempts at musculature was characteristic of early medieval art?

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True

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55
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T/F the socratic method was part of scholasticism

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false

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56
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A plainchant setting that has 3-5 notes for each syllable is best described as

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neumatic

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57
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Guido d’Arezzo is known for

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Guidonian hand

58
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Written by: “Be praised, my Lord, for Brother Fire,
Who lights up the night.
He is beautiful and carefree, robust, and fierce.”

A

St. Francis of Assisi

59
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the trivium and the quadrivium were

A

the basic areas of study in the medieval period

60
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Tropes

A

-ancestors of Western theater
-aided monks in memorization of long changes
-inserted text in melismatic passages
-banned by the Council of Trent in the 16th century

61
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The Roman Emperor ____ established a capital for the Eastern Roman Empire at Byzantium

A

Constantine

62
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music that consist of only a single melodic line is called

A

monophonic

63
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The prescribed form of worship in the Christian church is known as the

A

liturgy

64
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Separate, 8-sided buildings near cathedrals or churches in the Byzantine era were commonly used for

A

baptisteries

65
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The 12th century mystic, musician, and nun whose visionary works include Scivias and a song sequence called Symphoniae was

A

Hildegard von Bingen

66
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songs, performed by jongleurs, that told of great and heroic deeds were known as

A

chansons des gestes

67
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The Divine Offices are

A

a series of religious observances throughout the day

68
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Mark’s evangelist symbol

A

lion

69
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Matthew’s evangelist symbol

A

winged human

70
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Luke’s evangelist symbol

A

ox

71
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John’s evangelist symbol

A

eagle

72
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Kyrie eleison means

A

Lord have mercy

73
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The word Gothic originally meant

A

rude and barbarous

74
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Term NOT used in analyzing early chant

A

iconic

75
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The text of the Gloria movement of the mass

A

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill to men

76
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T/F charlemagne unified the western and eastern halves of the HRE

A

false

77
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T/F Romanesque relief sculpture were realistic in depicting human bodies

A

false

78
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The medieval French musician who wrote and assembled the Magnus Liber Organi was

A

Leonin

79
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In a polyphonic work, the voice that retains the pitches of the original chant fragment is known as the

A

tenor

80
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In the medieval period, organum was

A

a type of polyphonic muscial work

81
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St. Francis of Assisi was a Mednicant, which means he

A

begged for his support and traveled a lot

82
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Thomas Aquinas trod a middle path between

A

fideism and rationalism

83
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A common theme in sacred Gothic architecture is

A

light

84
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Hildegard’s monophonic Alleluia, O virga mediatrix is an example of

A

composed plainchant

85
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In the morality play Everyman, what saves Everyman at the final judgment

A

good deeds and knowledge

86
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What is the theme of the Song of Roland

A

-the glory of the military campaign
-the chivalric nature of the true knight
-the clash between good and evil
-a mixture of military and religious ideas

87
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T/F Requiem is one of the Divine offices

A

false

88
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Is the Mass Proper an example of connecting music and poetry?

A

no

89
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“So times were pleasant for the people there until finally one, a fiend out of hell, began to work his evil in the world. Grendel was the name of this grim demon haunting the marshes, marauding around the heath and the desolate fens; he had dwelt for a time in misery among the banished monsters, Cain’s clan, whom the Creator had outlawed and condemned as outcasts.”

A

Beowulf

90
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Which of the following is not like the other: jongleurs, troubadours, touveres, Minnesingers

A

jongleurs

91
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The final -ia of an Alleluia was often lengthened and is called a jubilius. Similarly, the final -ie syllable of a Kyrie was also elaborated with extra notes. This is an example of a/an

A

melisma

92
Q

Which major musical work is incorrectly paired with the medieval author whose texts inspired it?

Dante Symphony (Franz Liszt) & and Dante Alighiere

Dido and Aenease (Henry Purcell) & Thomas Aquinas

Carmina Burana (Carl Orff) & Goliardic monks

Psalm 148 (Gustav Holst) & St. Francis of Assisi

A

Dido and Aenease (Henry Purcell) & Thomas Aquinas

93
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14th century Italian artists

A

-looked to Classical models
-were not very good at perspective
-still had Byzantine influence
-began to paint in the “international style”

94
Q

Which is the correct teacher-student pair?

A

Martini-Lorenzetti
Wilton-Limbourg
Duccio-Lorenzetti
Cimbue-Giotto

95
Q

Who did Frescoes about the life of St. Francis?

A

Giotto (Assisi)

96
Q

Who painted the life of Jesus (the back of the altarpiece) with lots of gold?

A

Duccio

97
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Who painted Frescoes about the life of Jesus?

A

Giotto (Arena Chapel, Padua)

98
Q

Many of Giotto’s famous frescoes in Assisi were destroyed in 1997 by

A

an earthquake

99
Q

Significance of Cimabue’s crucifixion is

A

the attempt to show the weight and strain of the figure

100
Q

Which of the following can be seen in Martini’s The Annunciation?

-a dove
-the angel’s drapery in motion
-an olive branch
-Gabriel’s words flowing to Mary
-lilies
-a sunburst

A

all of the above

101
Q

Which of the following words does not relate to mensuration?

-ficta
-tempus
-prolatio
-modus

A

ficta

102
Q

what musician used melodic, as well as rhythmic, modes

A

Perotin

103
Q

T/F composers of the Trecento used secular tunes as the cantus firmus for secular pieces because that was tampering with the holy melodies of the church

A

false

104
Q

Machaut was both a ____ and a _____.

A

composed of sacred/secular music AND poet/composer

105
Q

What are virelai, ballades, and rondeaux?

A

poetic forms that became the basis for secular music

106
Q

What is unique about Machaut’s Messe de Notre Dame?

A

-4 voices
-conceived as a melodic whole
-each of the movements of the mass ordinary is based on the same melodic motive
-each of the movements of the mass ordinary is based on the same mode (scale)

107
Q

Which of the following is true about Landini?

-blind
-organist
-most famous composer in Italy in the Trecento
-active in social and political issues in Florence
-wrote madrigals
-friend of Petrarch
-helped build organs

A

all of the above

108
Q

Motet sacred/secular?

A

sacred

109
Q

mass ordinary sacred/secular?

A

sacredy

110
Q

ballades sacred/secular?

A

secular

111
Q

madrigals sacred/secular?

A

secular

112
Q

rondeaux sacred/secular?

A

secular

113
Q

troubadour song sacred/secular?

A

secular

114
Q

a row of columns

A

Colonnade

115
Q

a pillar dividing a large doorway in a church

A

Trumeau

116
Q

a passage that runs around the apse of a church which allows pilgrims to visit relic chapels even while a church service is taking place

A

ambulatory

117
Q

carries the thrust of a wall, typically forming an arch with the wall it supports

A

flying buttress

118
Q

an arch that extends into 3D space, like a very short arched hallway

A

barrel vault

119
Q

either of the two partings forming the arms of the cross shape, projecting at right angles from the nave

A

Transept

120
Q

produced by the intersection at right angels of two barrel vaults, used to give strength to the roof of a Gothic cathedral.

A

cross vaulting

121
Q

a part of a deceased holy person’s body or belongings kept as an object of reverence

A

relic

122
Q

the central space of the church

A

nave

123
Q

a vertical, recessed arch-like space forming the center of a pediment, typically decorated

A

Tympanum

124
Q

horizontal band of architectural devoration

A

frieze

125
Q

sculptures on the sides of the doorway, symbolic of the strength of the Church

A

Jamb Figures

126
Q

the front or principal face of a building

A

Facade

127
Q

the central courtyard of a monastery

A

Cloister

128
Q

the entrance foyer of a church

A

Narthex

129
Q

originally a Roman gathering space for markets or a court

A

Basilica

130
Q

contains the main altar, usually at the east end, usually underneath the dome

A

apse

131
Q

usually hemispherical; spans round, square, or polygonal spaces; represents heaven

A

dome

132
Q

the triangular upper part of the front of a building in Classical style, typically above a portico of columns

A

pediment

133
Q

feeling associated with Romanesque architecture

A

Church militant

134
Q

feeling associated with Gothic architecture

A

Church Triumphant

135
Q

the spontaneous appearance of Christ’s wounds in a person’s own body

A

Stigmata

136
Q

expanded mental and spiritual awareness, visions, emotional (and sometimes physical) euphoria

A

Religious ecstasy

137
Q

six different groupings of short and long notes based on poetic feet

A

Rhythmic modes

138
Q

voice that retains the original chant notes of the notes of the cantus firmus in long-held note values

A

tenor

139
Q

extra words or music added to chant to add variety and to aid memorization of long chant sections

A

Trope

140
Q

in polyphony, the main chant melody, usually found in the tenor voice

A

cantus firmus

141
Q

a part of a large church or cathedral with its own small altar and dedication, radiating outward from the ambulatory, arranged in a semicircular fashion, often contains relics

A

chapel

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