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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How, according to George Martin in Chapter 7, was the collaboration of Lennon and McCartney different from Rodgers and Hart?
(a) Lennon wrote only music and McCartney wrote only lyrics.
(b) They wrote separately, then asked each other for advice when stuck.
(c) Lennon and McCartney regularly fought while writing.
(d) Lennon wrote only lyrics and McCartney wrote only music.

2. What was George Martin's complaint, in Chapter 4, regarding a beautiful villa in Portugal?
(a) Too much furniture.
(b) Poor acoustics.
(c) Lack of equipment for playing music.
(d) Curved walls that made him dizzy.

3. Why was George Martin shocked when he viewed "Crooks Anonymous", a film that he scored?
(a) The vocal track had been removed from the song that played during the opening credits.
(b) His movie score had been replaced with someone else's.
(c) The balance between percussion and other instruments was all wrong.
(d) The music was out of sync with the action.

4. How, according to George Martin, does a computer multiply 17 by 32?
(a) It will multiply 10 by 32, then multiply 7 by 32, then add the results together.
(b) It will multiply 17 by 30, then multiply 17 by 2, then add the results together.
(c) It will add seventeen 30s together, then add seventeen 2s together, then combine the results.
(d) It will add seventeen 32s together.

5. At the time "All You Need Is Ears" was written, what equipment was used to alter the pitch of a human voice recording?
(a) Harmonising Eventide.
(b) Harmonising Vocaliser.
(c) Vocal Harmoniser.
(d) Eventide Harmoniser.

Short Answer Questions

1. George Martin witnessed an argument between Frank Sinatra and Voyle Gilmore during his first trip to America, regarding what topic?

2. The B-side of the Beatles' first single, "Love Me Do" was what?

3. Which Beatles song was the first to feature other musicians, in addition to the four Beatles and George Martin?

4. Chapter 4 opens with George Martin's discussion of what, and its relationship to sound and music?

5. What did George Martin predict would happen soon after publication of "All You Need Is Ears", regarding holography?

(see the answer key)

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