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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XXX through XXXII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chopin introduced changes in fingering and what that remained stylish into the next century?
(a) Pedaling.
(b) Chords.
(c) Fugues.
(d) Keys.

2. What country did Eugene d'Albert consider to be his spiritual home?
(a) Germany.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Vienna.
(d) France.

3. In what year did Leopold Godowsky suffer a stroke?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1878.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1940.

4. What term refers to a group of eight interrelated notes?
(a) Scale.
(b) Chord.
(c) Sonata.
(d) Octave.

5. How old was Anton Rubinstein when he debuted?
(a) 13.
(b) 9.
(c) 15.
(d) 11.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Paderewski when he debuted in 1887?

2. Who was Anton Rubinstein's greatest pupil, according to the author?

3. Who was world exponent of ultra-avant-garde pianism because he could read the new printed notes that required playing simultaneously piano keyboard, sounding board and strings, tape recorder and kazoo?

4. What is an English piano manufacturer founded in 1728 by Burkat Shudi and continued after his death in 1773?

5. Where was Johann Hummel from?

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