Early Sacred Music Module 12 Quiz – Answer Key 1. Machaut’s Notre Dame Mass includes a polyphonic setting of “Ite missa est,” which is not part of the Mass Ordinary. True / False 2. Machaut was canon at which Cathedral? a. Chartres b. Notre Dame de Paris c. Rheims d. St. Denis 3. Imperfect rhythm occurs when the musical beat is subdivided into groups of 2 rather than 3. True / False 4. The name associated with 14th-century music “ars nova” comes from a writing of the time by: a. Franco of Cologne b. Guillaume de Machaut c. Philippe de Vitry d. Pope John XXII 5. The term “ars antiqua” is generally applied to the music of Leonin and Perotin. True / False 6. Isorhythm is a compositional technique that a. involves rhythmic and pitch sequences of differing length. b. pits the tenor line against an upper voice. c. confines the music to just one rhythmic pattern. d. draws out the tenor line in long, sustained notes. 7. Syncopation occurs when the rhythmic stress is placed on weak beats. True / False 8. All of the Popes at Avignon (during the Avignon Papacy of c. 1305-1376) were a. antipopes in opposition to Rome. b. French. c. supporters of new music in the Church. d. opposed to the music of the French ars nova. 9. The Black Death devastated Europe’s large cities but had far less impact in the countryside and remote villages. True / False 10. Ars subtilior a. literally means “subtle style.” b. was a style characterized by extreme complexity of rhythm. c. was a style that quickly fell out of favor. d. All of the above 3. None of the above 11. The Jews of Speyer were required to live on the outskirts of the city. True / False 12. Giotto was the architect responsible for a. the bell tower in the Florence Cathedral. b. the collapse of the Cathedral at Beauvais. c. the new St. Peter’s Basilica. d. the Papal Palace at Avignon. 13. Machaut left a body of music that is predominantly sacred. True / False 14. The end of the Middle Ages would be marked by a desire to return to: a. Athenian democracy b. Biblical principles c. Classical ideals d. Thomist philosophy .