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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does George Martin refer to as his fairy godfather?
(a) George Harrison.
(b) Eric Harrison.
(c) Sidney Harrison.
(d) Oscar Preuss.

2. George Martin's fairy godfather helped him to gain admission to which school?
(a) Parlophone.
(b) BBC.
(c) Royal Symphonic.
(d) Guildhall.

3. What was the name of George Martin's first band?
(a) The Quavers.
(b) The Four Tune Tellers.
(c) The Beatles.
(d) The Waverleys.

4. George Martin explains that, in 1954, what was true about singer/songwriters?
(a) Singer/songwriters were a rare breed, less common than in the late 1970s.
(b) Singers only sang their own songs.
(c) Singers were discouraged from singing their own compositions.
(d) Singer/songwriters were asked to choose one specialty or the other.

5. In Chapter 1, George Martin wanted the Beatles to record two songs in which foreign language?
(a) Japanese.
(b) French.
(c) Italian.
(d) German.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, Eric Harrison advised George Martin to do what?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 3, George Martin went to Abbey Road to visit which studio?

3. When George Martin was a child, his grandmother lived where?

4. In what year did the Beatles first reach number one in America?

5. After attending a concert, George Martin met Eric Harrison, a musician who played which instrument?

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