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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XI through XIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Johann Hummel from?
(a) Scotland.
(b) Austria.
(c) Russia.
(d) Hungary.

2. Who was the rival of Franz Liszt?
(a) Sigismond Thalberg.
(b) Friedrich Chopin.
(c) Adolf von Henselt.
(d) Bertold Hummel.

3. Chapter VI, In the Interim describes the last two decades of what century?
(a) 16th.
(b) 17th.
(c) 18th.
(d) 19th.

4. Who played melody with his thumbs in the middle of the keyboard while his fingers played arpeggios up and down the keyboard?
(a) Bertold Hummel.
(b) Sigismond Thalberg.
(c) Franz Liszt.
(d) Friedrich Chopin.

5. Two Hungarian countesses wrestled to the ground over what object belonging to Franz Liszt?
(a) A snuffbox.
(b) A piano tuner.
(c) An autograph.
(d) A ring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invented the piano?

2. What German pianist, composer, piano teacher, and piano manufacturer was born in 1785?

3. What Austrian child prodigy made his first appearance in public in 1800 playing a Mozart piano concerto?

4. What pianist was born en route between Cassel and Berlin and played with most superficial brilliance?

5. What Irish pianist, composer, and teacher was born in Dublin in 1782?

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