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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Singer/songwriters were asked to choose one specialty or the other.
(c) Singers only sang their own songs.
(d) Singers were discouraged from singing their own compositions.

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

3. George Martin states that pop music is not a step down from classical, for what reason?
(a) Pop music generates much more revenue than classical.
(b) Classical music is formulaic, while pop music is freeform.
(c) Schubert and Beethoven wrote for the masses, creating pop music for their times.
(d) Pop music attracts larger audiences than classical.

4. According to George Martin in Chapter 2, what was the great challenge faced by classical composers in the late twentieth century?
(a) Making a living.
(b) Not being influenced by pop music.
(c) Finding enough talented musicians to form an orchestra.
(d) They must create a new sound, or else risk being categorized by the style they emulate.

5. In what year was George Martin born?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1926.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In 1964, what function did Neil Aspinall perform for the Beatles?

3. Why did George Martin stop taking piano lessons after only eight lessons?

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

5. In Chapter 1, which two songs did George Martin want the Beatles to record in a foreign language?

(see the answer key)

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