All You Need Is Ears Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

George Martin
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All You Need Is Ears Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

George Martin
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The composer Bach trudged hundreds of miles in a failed attempt to meet which other musician, according to George Martin in Chapter 2?
(a) Debussy.
(b) Handel.
(c) Chopin.
(d) Beethoven.

2. Early in the Beatles' saga, who was the assistant to Neil Aspinall?
(a) George Martin.
(b) George Harrison.
(c) Mal Evans.
(d) Brian Epstein.

3. By the end of Chapter 3, what was George Martin's job at Parlophone?
(a) Head of the record label.
(b) Manager of the Beatles.
(c) Lead promoter.
(d) Equipment manager.

4. George Martin explains that, in 1954, what was true about singer/songwriters?
(a) Singers were discouraged from singing their own compositions.
(b) Singers only sang their own songs.
(c) Singer/songwriters were a rare breed, less common than in the late 1970s.
(d) Singer/songwriters were asked to choose one specialty or the other.

5. What was George Martin's day job at the BBC Music Library, after he finished music school?
(a) Recording young musicians.
(b) Sorting scores.
(c) Composition.
(d) Fundraising.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to many of the labels at EMI, following World War II, according to George Martin?

2. In 1964, what function did Neil Aspinall perform for the Beatles?

3. What was the cause of death of George Martin's mother?

4. As explained by George Martin in Chapter 2, how is orchestration different from composition?

5. George Martin guesses he was how old when his family got a piano?

(see the answer key)

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