CHAPTER 1: Music in AntiquityMULTIPLE CHOICE1.The earliest surviving musical instruments were made froma.boned.stoneb.claye.woodc.metalANS:ADIF:EasyREF:5TOP:The Earliest MusicMSC:Factual2.All of the following types of evidence about musical culture from ancient civilizations survive todayexcepta.musical instrumentsd.visual images of music-makingb.notated musice.writings about musicc.recorded soundANS:CDIF:EasyREF:5TOP:Music in AntiquityMSC:Factual3.Historians mark the end of the prehistoric era at the time when peoplea.created the first cave paintingsd.learned how to carve stoneb.invented printinge.learned how to work with metalc.invented writingANS:CDIF:EasyREF:5TOP:The Earliest MusicMSC:Factual4.The origins of Western music can be traced to civilizations froma.Arabiad.Greece and Turkeyb.China and Indiae.Iraq and Syriac.Egypt and IsraelANS:EDIF:MediumREF:6TOP:Music in Ancient Mesopotamia| Other CivilizationsMSC:Conceptual5.Why, throughout history, do scholars know more about the music-making activities of elite membersof any given society than of others in that society?a.the elite suppressed information about music-making in lower socioeconomic groupsb.music-making activities of the elite are probably representative of the society as a wholec.only the elite could afford to pay composers to write music and artisans to makeinstrumentsd.people of lower social status did not make musice.the music of lower socioeconomic groups is not interestingANS:CDIF:MediumREF:7TOP:Music in Ancient MesopotamiaMSC:Conceptual6.All of the following instruments existed in ancient Mesopotamiaexcepta.harpsd.percussion instrumentsb.bowed instrumentse.pipesc.lyresPreview Mode
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