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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. Who embellished a Chopin nocturne, prompting Chopin to tell him to play it as he wrote it or not at all?
(a) Bertold Hummel.
(b) Franz Liszt.
(c) Friedrich Chopin.
(d) Adolf von Henselt.

2. In what year was Harold Bauer born?
(a) 1873.
(b) 1858.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1798.

3. How old was Josef Hofmann when he made his American debut?
(a) 5.
(b) 9.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

4. In what year did Johannes Sebastian Bach die?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1802.
(c) 1750.
(d) 1740.

5. What great pianist played piano as he sat erect and formal with minimal movement and earned the nickname Old Arpeggio?
(a) Sigismond Thalberg.
(b) Carl Czerny.
(c) Adolf von Henselt.
(d) Friedrich Chopin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What German composer and a notable piano virtuoso of the Romantic period studied under Julius Benedict, Carl Czerny, and Simon Sechte?

2. What instrument did Harold Bauer play as a child prodigy?

3. What musician helped establish the German school and played clearly, analytically, and precisely with authority?

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

5. Who played difficult music fast and accurately but died in 1951 at the piano in Carnegie Hall?

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