1. The three
basic elements of Music are
A
Rhythm, Harmony, and Dance.
B
Rhythm, Melody, and Harmony.
C
Rhythm, Singing, and Melody.
D
Rhythm, Melody, and Dance. |
2. Some feel ancient
music did not use the element of
A
Harmony.
B
Melody.
C
Rhythm.
D
Singing. |
| 3. Which is
an ancient instrument?
A
Violin
B
Guitar
C
Oboe
D
Aulos |
4. The history
of music alternates between classicism (calm, uplifting) and romanticism
(wild, emotional). The god associated with classicism is:
A
Athena.
B
Hercules.
C
Dionysus.
D
Apollo . |
| 5. Wild, emotional
music and the Aulos is associated with
A
Apollo.
B
Prosthesis.
C
Dionysus.
D
Athena. |
6. Epics such as the
Illiad, and the Hebrew Psalms were meant to be
A
read.
B
sung.
C
acted.
D
danced. |
7. To
what family of musical instruments does the Lyre belong?
A
Brass
B
Strings
C
Percussion
D
Woodwinds |
8. Which Greek writer
is NOT associated with the doctrine of ethos:
A
Pythagoras
B
Homer
C
Aristotle
D
Plato |
9. The mathematician Pythagoras,
a fine musician, played the
A
Aulos.
B
Lyre.
C
Odds.
D
Shofar. |
10.
The group of 12 men who sang and danced during pauses in the acting:
A
The Backstreet Boys
B
The Epicurians
C
The Seasons
D
The Chorus.
|
11. Apollo, the god of Music
and Poetry played the
A
Tambourine.
B
Shofar.
C
Lyra.
D
Aulos.
|
12. The
original Greek word "Orchestra" meant
A
violins.
B
dancing floor.
C
audience.
D
foyer. |
| 13. The Aulos
is associated with which Greek god?
A
Dionysus
B
Aphrodite
C
Orpheus
D
Apollo
|
14. Offenbach
wrote a comic opera on Gluck's Orpheus, named "Orpheus In The
______"
A
Outback
B
Outfield
C
Underworld
D
Underground |
| 15. The Muse
Calliope was the mother of
A
Apollo.
B
Hercules.
C
Dimeter.
D
Orpheus. |
16. Ancient
Greeks felt that music influenced
A
curing of sickness.
B
Nature.
C
the Gods.
D
all of the above. |
17. Who discovered the octave,
fifth and other music ratios by plucking strings?
A
Pythagoras
B
Apollo
C
Prosthesis
D
Protagonist |
18. Much of Classical music
exactly fits the Golden Mean or Ratio; except the music of
A
Mozart.
B
Beethoven.
C
Copeland.
D
Bach. |
19. The notes and chords
that hold the planets together is called the music of
A
Astronomy.
B
the Gods.
C
the Spheres.
D
Orpheus.
|
20. A leather strap was
sometimes needed to help play the
A
Lyra.
B
Aulos.
C
Dithiramb.
D
Syrinx. |
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