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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XXXVI through XXXVIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was Henri Herz born?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1845.
(c) 1803.
(d) 1779.

2. How old was Paderewski when he debuted in 1887?
(a) 30.
(b) 19.
(c) 24.
(d) 16.

3. Who invented the piano?
(a) John Field.
(b) Muzio Clementi.
(c) Bartolomeo Cristofori.
(d) Adolf von Henselt.

4. Where was the pianist Ernest Hutcheson from?
(a) Germany.
(b) Russia.
(c) Australia.
(d) Canada.

5. Who won the Leventritt competition in 1954, but his victory at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Competition in 1958 made his name and musical competition well-known?
(a) Beethoven.
(b) Chopin.
(c) Mozart.
(d) Van Cliburn.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Paris Conservatoire rejected what thirteen-year old for being "too savage"?

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

4. What refers to a keyboard instrument, precursor of the piano, in which the strings are plucked by leather or quill points connected with the keys, in common use from the 16th to the 18th century?

5. What student of Franz Liszt was described as having touch that was "soft as velvet and as strong as a man's"?

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