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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VI and VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What style, perfect for piano, was invented in 1709 by Italian harpsichord-maker Bartolommeo Cristofori to play in salons?
(a) Classicism.
(b) Modernism.
(c) Style galant.
(d) Romanticism.

3. What term is used to identify a type of music that is a singing, nuanced, fluffy, polite, and melodic approach developed after Bach's death when the heavy contrapuntal style used in the tempestuous fugue fell into disfavor?
(a) Etude.
(b) Sonata.
(c) Legato.
(d) Fugue.

4. What pianist never played in public but stayed in Vienna to teach pupils and compose over a thousand published works?
(a) Johannes Sebastian Bach.
(b) Ignaz Moscheles.
(c) Carl Czerny.
(d) Johann Nepomuk Hummel.

5. In what year was the piano invented?
(a) 1790.
(b) 1709.
(c) 1523.
(d) 1654.

Short Answer Questions

1. From 1750 to 1824, London music shops grew from 12 to how many?

2. What refers to an early keyboard instrument producing a soft sound by means of metal blades attached to the inner ends of the keys gently striking the strings?

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

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

5. When was Johann Hummel born?

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