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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XX through XXIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chopin considered Bach and who to be the only two great composers?
(a) Mozart.
(b) Franz Liszt.
(c) Adolf von Henselt.
(d) Bertold Hummel.

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?
(a) Lute.
(b) Harpsichord.
(c) Organ.
(d) Clavichord.

3. Under whom did Ignacy Jan Paderewski study piano?
(a) Theodor Leschetizky.
(b) Bartolommeo Cristofori.
(c) Eugene d'Albert.
(d) Ludwig van Beethoven.

4. What public university was founded in 1843 by Felix Mendelssohn as the Conservatory of Music?
(a) Leipzig Conservatory.
(b) Mendelssohn Conservatory.
(c) Vienna Conservatory.
(d) Hamberg Conservatory.

5. Where was Ignacy Jan Paderewski from?
(a) Denmark.
(b) France.
(c) Russia.
(d) Poland.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Vladimir von Pachmann born?

2. Two Hungarian countesses wrestled to the ground over what object belonging to Franz Liszt?

3. In what year did the romantic upheaval take place in music?

4. What Hungarian composer wildly gesticulated back and forth all over the keyboard when he played?

5. Where was Anton Rubinstein born?

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