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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Pop music attracts larger audiences than classical.
(d) Schubert and Beethoven wrote for the masses, creating pop music for their times.

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

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

4. What happened to many of the labels at EMI, following World War II, according to George Martin?
(a) They dismissed pop music as a mere fad, thus losing their position in the industry.
(b) They moved from the recording business to television.
(c) Many were diminished or decimated.
(d) Most moved to America.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the time George Martin took over Parlophone, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Stan Kenton, and Peggy Lee were signed with which American label?

3. How, according to George Martin in Chapter 7, was the collaboration of Lennon and McCartney different from Rodgers and Hart?

4. According to George Martin in Chapter 2, what was the great challenge faced by classical composers in the late twentieth century?

5. As explained in Chapter 4, what is the normal range of hearing for humans?

(see the answer key)

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