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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As described in Chapter 10, why did George Martin hesitate to honor John Lennon's request to fuse two versions of "Strawberry Fields"?
(a) They were in different keys and different tempos.
(b) They exemplified two different musical styles.
(c) The equipment at Abbey Road made such a task nearly impossible.
(d) Fusing the two versions would make the song too long.

2. In Chapter 1, Eric Harrison advised George Martin to do what?
(a) Send some of his compositions to the Committee for the Promotion of New Music.
(b) Audition before the Committee for the Promotion of New Music.
(c) Reenlist in the Fleet Air Arm.
(d) Reenlist in the Royal Air Arm.

3. What, for George Martin, was the main advantage of recording on two tracks instead of one?
(a) If a mistake were made on one track, the other track would compensate.
(b) Two songs could be recorded on one section of tape.
(c) Two vocalists could sing without hearing each other.
(d) The rhythms and vocals could be recorded separately.

4. After his first trip to America, Brian Epstein returned with a song written by which undiscovered composer?
(a) Dick James.
(b) Elvis Presley.
(c) Irving Berlin.
(d) Burt Bacharach.

5. During their first meeting with George Martin, which Beatle did not speak a word?
(a) Paul McCartney.
(b) John Lennon.
(c) Pete Best.
(d) George Harrison.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which small American record label released "She Loves You" after Capitol Records refused?

2. In Chapter 8, in George Martin's layer cake metaphor, what was the second layer in a four-track recording?

3. While recording the twenty-four-bar climax for "A Day in the Life", George Martin told the orchestra to disobey a fundamental rule by doing what?

4. As explained by George Martin in Chapter 2, how is orchestration different from composition?

5. The head of promotions at Parlophone was related to which other person in the book?

(see the answer key)

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