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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During their first meeting with George Martin, who was the most talkative Beatle?
(a) Paul McCartney.
(b) George Harrison.
(c) Ringo Starr.
(d) Pete Best.

2. What was the cause of death of George Martin's mother?
(a) Cerebral hemorrhage.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Heart attack.

3. Who first contacted George Martin in 1962 about a new group called the Beatles, as described in Chapter 7?
(a) Sid Coleman.
(b) Brian Epstein.
(c) Dr. Karl Haas.
(d) Judy Lockhart-Smith.

4. What sort of horn is featured in the Beatles song, "Penny Lane"?
(a) Piccolo trumpet.
(b) Flugelhorn.
(c) Pocket trumpet.
(d) Trombone.

5. What is the length of the tubing in a French horn?
(a) Twelve feet.
(b) Sixteen feet.
(c) Ten feet.
(d) Twenty-six feet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the mathematical relationship between middle A, the octave above middle A, and the octave below middle A on a standard piano?

3. Which Beatles song was the first to reach number one in America?

4. While in the Fleet Air Arm, George Martin was invited to appear on which BBC program?

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

(see the answer key)

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