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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. What Polish student of Franz Liszt amazed fellow pianists with his speed, power and endurance?
(a) Alfred Grunfeld.
(b) Emil von Sauer.
(c) Saint-Saens.
(d) Moriz Rosenthal.

2. Who did Isaac Albeniz audition for in Budapest?
(a) Alexander Scriabin.
(b) Franz Liszt.
(c) Claude Debussy.
(d) Claudio Arrau.

3. In what year did the romantic upheaval take place in music?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1754.
(c) 1830.
(d) 1901.

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

5. What nickname did the pianist Leopold Godowsky go by?
(a) "The Little Giant."
(b) "Brahma of the Keyboard."
(c) "The Piano God."
(d) "Chopinzee."

Short Answer Questions

1. What pianist never played in public but stayed in Vienna to teach pupils and compose over a thousand published works?

2. In the late 18th century, piano-playing techniques changed from Clementi's classic horizontal hand and arm level to outward-turned hands and wrists exemplified by whom?

3. What pianist was born November 14, 1778, in Bohemia?

4. When was Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber born?

5. In what year was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born?

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