I have 4 questions: 1. A piece which a Sarum plainchant is sung in between two improvised vocal parts, and in which the harmonies move largely in first inversion chords is called:

a. parallel organum

b. faburden

c. fauxbourdon

d. la countenance angloise

e. song motet

2. Which of the following attributes is not found in Josquin's "Ave Maria...virgo serena" motet?

a. cantus prius factus

b. cantus firmus

c. outlining of textual form through cadence and harmony

d. non-imitative duos

e. homorhythmic declamation

3. Which of the following composers was not active in the cultivation of opera during the early decades of the 17th century?

a. Guilio Caccini

b. Emilio de'Cavalieri

c. Francesco Cavalli

d. Stefano Landi

e. Carlo Gesualdo

4. Which of the following issues was not an important contributing factor to the Protestant Reformation during the first half of the 16th century?

a. The succession to the English throne

b. The translation of the Bible into German

c. The succession of the French throne in 1515

d. Political control in Germany

e. The Deudsche Messe