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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The title of the book and of Chapter 4 is a pun on what Beatles song?
(a) "All You Need Is Tears".
(b) "All You Need Is Love".
(c) "Ears Are All You Need".
(d) "Love Is All You Need".

2. At EMI, what did engineer Charlie Anderson do when a photographer wanted to take pictures of a recording artist in the studio?
(a) Deny their request.
(b) Rearrange the microphones in impossible ways so no one could study his techniques.
(c) Offer them standard publicity glossies.
(d) Remove all microphones from the room.

3. The composer Bach trudged hundreds of miles in a failed attempt to meet which other musician, according to George Martin in Chapter 2?
(a) Beethoven.
(b) Debussy.
(c) Chopin.
(d) Handel.

4. George Martin guesses he was how old when his family got a piano?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Nine.

5. As mentioned in Chapter 12, where did George Martin first meet the then-unknown composer, Randy Newman?
(a) A party in the Caribbean.
(b) A recording studio in London.
(c) A piano bar in Los Angeles.
(d) A musical factory in Hollywood.

Short Answer Questions

1. While orchestrating the film, "The Family Way", what compromise did George Martin reach with John Boulting?

2. What was George Martin's day job at the BBC Music Library, after he finished music school?

3. In filmmaking, what is a click track?

4. What was unusual about the piano-playing skill of Irving Berlin, according to George Martin?

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

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