1. The earliest surviving musical instruments were made from
a. bone d. stone
b. clay e. wood
c. metal
ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: 5 TOP: The Earliest Music
MSC: Factual
2. All of the following types of evidence about musical culture from ancient civilizations survive today
except
a. musical instruments d. visual images of music-making
b. notated music e. writings about music
c. recorded sound
ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: 5 TOP: Music in Antiquity
MSC: Factual
3. Historians mark the end of the prehistoric era at the time when people
a. created the first cave paintings d. learned how to carve stone
b. invented printing e. learned how to work with metal
c. invented writing
ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: 5 TOP: The Earliest Music
MSC: Factual
4. The origins of Western music can be traced to civilizations from
a. Arabia d. Greece and Turkey
b. China and India e. Iraq and Syria
c. Egypt and Israel
ANS: E DIF: Medium REF: 6
TOP: Music in Ancient Mesopotamia| Other Civilizations MSC: Conceptual
5. Why, throughout history, do scholars know more about the music-making activities of elite members
of any given society than of others in that society?
a. the elite suppressed information about music-making in lower socioeconomic groups
b. music-making activities of the elite are probably representative of the society as a whole
c. only the elite could afford to pay composers to write music and artisans to make
instruments
d. people of lower social status did not make music
e. the music of lower socioeconomic groups is not interesting
ANS: C DIF: Medium REF: 7
TOP: Music in Ancient Mesopotamia MSC: Conceptual
6. All of the following instruments existed in ancient Mesopotamia except
a. harps d. percussion instruments
b. bowed instruments e. pipes
c. lyres
, ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: 7
TOP: Music in Ancient Mesopotamia MSC: Factual
7. The instrument shown in this image was used in which region?
a. Arabia d. Greece
b. Babylonia e. the Roman Empire
c. Egypt
ANS: B DIF: Medium REF: 6–7 TOP: The Earliest Music
MSC: Applied
8. _________ is a type of music found in ancient Mesopotamia, but no longer used in Western cultures
today.
a. dance music d. music to accompany epic poetry
b. the funeral lament e. the nursery song
c. military music
ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: 7
TOP: Music in Ancient Mesopotamia MSC: Factual
9. Enheduanna, the first composer known by name, was an Akkadian
a. king d. queen
b. priest e. servant
c. priestess
ANS: C DIF: Hard REF: 7
TOP: Music in Ancient Mesopotamia MSC: Factual
10. The earliest surviving complete piece of music is written on
a. a clay tablet d. paper
b. papyrus e. a stone tablet
, c. parchment
ANS: A DIF: Medium REF: 8
TOP: Music in Ancient Mesopotamia MSC: Factual
11. In ancient Greek mythology, the lyre was associated with
a. Apollo d. Homer
b. Aristotle e. Plato
c. Dionysus
ANS: A DIF: Medium REF: 9–10
TOP: Music in Ancient Greek Life and Thought | Instruments and Their Uses
MSC: Factual
12. Scholars think that memory and improvisation played an important role in Greek music-making
because
a. ancient Greek writings explain techniques for playing by ear
b. ancient Greek writings praise musicians for their excellent memories
c. images of music-making from ancient Greece rarely show performers reading music
d. no musical notation from ancient Greece survives
e. the musical notation from ancient Greece provides chord progressions on which to
improvise
ANS: C DIF: Medium REF: 10
TOP: Music in Ancient Greek Life and Thought | Instruments and Their Uses
MSC: Conceptual
13. In this image a woman is playing the
a. aulos d. lyre
b. bone flute e. panpipes
c. kithara
ANS: A DIF: Medium REF: 9 | 11
TOP: Music in Ancient Greek Life and Thought | Instruments and Their Uses
MSC: Applied
14. The ancient Greek civilization lasted for approximately how many years?
a. 300 d. 1,500
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