- 1. Which material is used to make the Armenian duduk?
A) Goatskin
B) Bamboo
C) Ceramic clay
D) Apricot tree wood
- 2. What type of instrument is the riq?
A) A three-part flute
B) A ceramic drum
C) A double-reed oboe
D) A type of tambourine
- 3. What is the alternative name for the Egyptian darbuka?
A) Sorna
B) Rhaita
C) Tabla
D) Mizmar
- 4. How is the ney flute played?
A) By vibrating a double reed
B) By blowing across the sharp edge
C) By hitting it with sticks
D) By blowing into one end
- 5. What is the Moroccan oboe also called?
A) Ney
B) Rhaita
C) Kaval
D) Mey
- 6. What is the darbuka drum head made of?
A) Apricot wood
B) Bamboo
C) Goatskin
D) Cane
- 7. Which instrument is described as a three-part flute blown into one end?
A) Ney
B) Mey
C) Darbuka
D) Kaval
- 8. Which instrument from the Turkish tradition has a large double reed?
A) Kaval
B) Mey
C) Riq
D) Darbuka
- 9. What kind of instruments provide the background music for Egyptian belly dancing?
A) Finger cymbals
B) Bamboo reed pipes
C) Ceramic drums
D) Double-reed oboes
- 10. What is the primary material used to construct a darbuka?
A) Ceramic clay
B) Cane
C) Apricot wood
D) Animal bone
- 11. Which of these instruments is played during festivals and loud celebrations?
A) Sorna
B) Riq
C) Kaval
D) Ney
- 12. What is the current trend in Middle Eastern music according to the text?
A) Reconciling Western and traditional styles
B) Replacing all percussion with synthesizers
C) Focusing solely on ancient Egyptian rhythms
D) Abandoning traditional styles entirely
- 13. What is the term for the Arabic musical modes?
A) Dastgah
B) Tarab
C) Maqamat
D) Saz
- 14. Which instrument is described as a pear-shaped lute?
A) Harp
B) Saz
C) Qanoun
D) Oud
- 15. What is the term for the climaxes in traditional Middle Eastern music?
A) Dastgah
B) Tarab
C) Maqam
D) Systema
- 16. Who is credited in Iraqi folklore with inventing the oud?
A) Lamech
B) Dominique Collon
C) Al-Farabi
D) Adam
- 17. Which instrument was developed by Farabi during the Abbasid era?
A) Qanoun
B) Oud
C) Violin
D) Saz
- 18. What is the texture of traditional Middle Eastern music?
A) Monophonic
B) Homophonic
C) Heterophonic
D) Polyphonic
- 19. When was the violin adopted into Middle Eastern music?
A) 19th century
B) Abbasid era
C) 7th century
D) Uruk period
- 20. Which ancient civilization is associated with the origins of the harp?
A) Persia
B) Egypt
C) Greece
D) Mesopotamia
- 21. How many triple-string courses does the qanoun have?
A) 26
B) 6
C) 12
D) 4
- 22. Where is the oldest pictorial record of the oud housed?
A) Louvre
B) British Museum
C) National Museum of Iraq
D) Egyptian Museum
- 23. What does Middle Eastern music use instead of chords and harmony?
A) Counterpoint
B) Polyphony
C) Modal systems
D) Equal temperament
- 24. Which European instrument was adopted because it is fretless and can play quarter tones?
A) Guitar
B) Violin
C) Cello
D) Harp
- 25. What specific characteristic of Arabic music involves intervals halfway between notes?
A) Quarter tones
B) Micro-tempering
C) Dissonance
D) Chromaticism
- 26. What is the Turkish name for the Arabic maqam?
A) Makam
B) Saz
C) Tarab
D) Dastgah
- 27. Which century saw the rapid spread of Arabic and Byzantine influence in the region?
A) 5th century
B) 7th century
C) 9th century
D) 19th century
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