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1. In early synagogue worship

instrumental music was avoided
instrumental music was used extensively

2. Orthodox Churches located in Mediterranean countries use liturgical music known as

Gregorian chant
Byzantine chant
Cantillation

3. Byzantine chant often uses

pentatonic scales
whole-tone scales
microtonal scales

4. In Byzantine chant, an ison is

a drone note
a beginning note
an ending note

5. Byzantine chant is similar to Gregorian psalm tones in that it

begins with an ison
uses a system of microtonal scales
uses a system of eight modes, the second four derived from the first four

6. The 'Chartres fragment' is

part of a manuscript of Byzantine chant written in 1944
part of a manuscript of Byzantine chant destroyed in 1944
part of a manuscript of Gregorian chant destroyed in 1944

7. Gregorian chant represents liturgical music for what two types of service?

Morning and Evening
Christmas and Easter
Mass and Divine Office

8. The nun Egeria described Psalm singing

at the end of the second century
at the end of the third century
at the end of fourth century

9. Recent findings suggest that the person initially responsible for the development of "Gregorian" liturgy was

Gregory I (r. 590-604)
Gregory II (r. 715-731)
Anonymous IV

10. The chant texts which remain constant throughout the year are called the

Ordinary
Proper
Office

11. The chant texts which change according to the day are called the

Ordinary
Proper
Office

12. Syllabic melodies contain

one note per syllable
two to five notes per syllable
six or more notes per syllable

13. Melismatic melodies contain

one note per syllable
two to five notes per syllable
six or more notes per syllable

14. Which of these languages was NOT important in the creation of liturgical chant texts?

Greek
Latin
Old Slavonic
Spanish

15. A lectionary was

a glossary of biblical terms
a liturgical book that developed in the late first century
a book that contained daily psalms and readings for a complete year

16. Square chant notation was not completely developed until

the end of the 10th century
the end of the 11th century
the end of the 12th century

17. The Kyrie eleison chant is

part of the Proper
part of the Ordinary

18. If the range of a chant melody was generally above its final, the melody was classified as being

in an authentic mode
in a plagal mode
neumatic

19. Gregorian chant represents an oral tradition of melodies that

were also notated from the third century on
never have been written down
began to be written in notation around the ninth or tenth centuries

20. Regarding its origins, Gregorian chant represents

a hybrid of Roman and Gallican chant
a hybrid of Roman and Mozarabic chant
purely Roman chant