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1. Records of Egyptian music date from as early as

4000 BC
3100 BC
2500 BC

2. Egyptian music was used

only in the temples
only for secular activities
for a wide variety of activities

3. Hathor and Bes were

gods associated with music
pharaohs who played instruments
pharaohs who played instruments

4. Egyptians played

stringed instruments only
percussion instruments only
instruments of all major categories

5 The sistrum was a

rattle
lute
drum

6. The highest-ranking musicians in Egypt were probably the

royal musicians
temple musicians
entertainers

7. Information about Egyptian music before the Graeco-Roman period can be gained from

pictures
theoretical treatises
notated music
all of the above

8. The sistrum is still played today in some parts of the world.

True
False

9. The most popular instrument in Ancient Egypt was

the sistrum
the flute
the harp

10. The earliest known Greek musician was

Pythagoras
Euripides
Terpander of Lesbos

11. The classical ode was developed by

Aristotle
Pindar
Homer

12. The aulos was a

trumpet
organ
reed instrument
lyre

13. The Greeks used

one system of musical notation
two systems of musical notation
three systems of musical notation

14. A kithara was

a type of lyre
a type of poem
a reed instrument
an organ

15. The Song of Seikilos is

music from a Greek tragedy
music inscribed on a stele
an ode to Apollo

16. A shofar is

a primitive trumpet made from a ram's horn
a harp
a musician

17. Songs in ancient Israel were sung

exclusively by the congregation
exclusively by a soloist
in various combinations of call-response or antiphonal singing

18. Levitical singers were trained between the ages of

15-20
20-25
25-30

19. During King David's reign, how many Levites were appointed musicians?

1,000
4,000
10,000
38,000

20. Which of the following best describes cantillation of scripture in Synagogue worship?

The words were intoned on a single pitch
Only a single mode was used
The Cantor sang traditional melodies in free rhythm