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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1964, what function did Neil Aspinall perform for the Beatles?
(a) Producer.
(b) Drummer.
(c) Songwriter.
(d) Tour manager.

2. What was the profession of George Martin's father?
(a) Carpenter.
(b) Musician.
(c) Actor.
(d) Baker.

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

4. While in the Fleet Air Arm, George Martin was invited to appear on which BBC program?
(a) "Army Marches".
(b) "Top of the Pops".
(c) "Benny Hill Show".
(d) "Navy Mixture".

5. Before George Martin joined the Fleet Air Arm he worked briefly at what occupation?
(a) Dishwasher.
(b) Surveyor.
(c) Carpenter.
(d) Baker.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 2, what was George Martin's first real love in music?

2. What, according to George Martin, is the real wonder of music and orchestration?

3. At what age did George Martin join his sister at a convent school?

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

5. Why is it almost never cost effective to play classical music live in modern times, according to George Martin?

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