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  Many musical cultures in the world preserve their music through oral transmission, without written notation.  

  The French courtly love song of the Middle Ages was called the  

  Much of Western sacred music is in Latin, while ________ music is often in the vernacular.  

George W. Bush’s approval rating spike following the 9/11 attacks is best explained by _________. 

Endoscopes should be cleaned immediately after use and leak tested to ensure that no damage has been done to the instrument during the procedure.

  The interweaving of melody and harmony produces ________ in music.  

  Which of the following describe(s) life in the medieval cloister?  

  Music and mathematics have been linked since the time of the ancient Greeks.  

  The first major center of polyphony was  

A 68 – year old man comes to the office because he noted a pulsatile bulge in his abdomen for the past two years, and it is becoming more prominent. He has a remote history of MI, and his only risk factors are one pack per day of smoking and hypertension, controlled with a diuretic. His physical exam is normal except for a pulsatile nontender mass above his umbilicus, which measures 7 cm. What is the best initial test for this patient?