All You Need Is Ears Test | Final Test - Hard

George Martin
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All You Need Is Ears Test | Final Test - Hard

George Martin
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1979, George Martin predicted the now-common change from analog to what sort of recording?

2. What was the dream of George Martin's childhood, as revealed in Chapter 12?

3. While orchestrating the film, "The Family Way", what compromise did George Martin reach with John Boulting?

4. As mentioned in Chapter 12, where did George Martin first meet the then-unknown composer, Randy Newman?

5. In Chapter 8, in George Martin's layer cake metaphor, what was the fourth layer in a four-track recording?

Short Essay Questions

1. What, according to George Martin, is the best way to orchestrate for strings?

2. What inspired the Beatles to present "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" as a concept album?

3. Describe the early founding of AIR, Associated Independent Recording.

4. In what way was the construction of the first AIR studio innovative, as described in Chapter 14?

5. In Chapter 11, George Martin expresses his naivety regarding what activities of the Beatles?

6. Discuss two innovations predicted by George Martin in Chapter 15 that have since become reality.

7. What does George Martin define as the golden treadmill?

8. What main advantage did George Martin gain from EMI, as a result of creating gold records with the Beatles?

9. What aspects of Dick Lester's direction does George Martin most admire, in the Beatles' film, "A Hard Day's Night"?

10. As explained in Chapter 13, how does George Martin respond when asked how to become a successful record producer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compile a list of famous names in "All You Need Is Ears" that may be unfamiliar to Americans or to younger readers. Create a brief byline for each person, indicating why he or she is famous. Should subsequent editions of the book contain footnotes, elaborating on these celebrities' claims to fame?

Essay Topic 2

Although "All You Need Is Ears" is an autobiography, the technique of foreshadowing is sometimes used by George Martin. For example, Chapters 1 and 2 both end with strong hints of what will happen in Chapter 3: the beginning of George Martin's career in the recording industry. What other examples of foreshadowing occur in the book?

Essay Topic 3

If George Martin can be said to be the protagonist of his own autobiographical story, who are the main antagonists? How did George Martin overcome obstacles set before him by those antagonists? Did he, or his character, learn and grow as the story progressed?

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