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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were the four Beatles who first met with George Martin in 1962?
(a) Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Pete Best, and Ringo Starr.
(b) John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Pete Best.
(c) John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Brian Epstein, and Pete Best.
(d) Brian Epstein, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Pete Best.

2. The head of promotions at Parlophone was related to which other person in the book?
(a) Sidney Harrison.
(b) George Martin.
(c) Oscar Preuss.
(d) John Lennon.

3. The title of the book and of Chapter 4 is a pun on what Beatles song?
(a) "All You Need Is Love".
(b) "Ears Are All You Need".
(c) "All You Need Is Tears".
(d) "Love Is All You Need".

4. Chapter 1 begins with George Martin waking up where?
(a) A house he purchased in London.
(b) A recording studio.
(c) His childhood home.
(d) A Paris hotel room.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 4 opens with George Martin's discussion of what, and its relationship to sound and music?

2. What is the length of the tubing in a French horn?

3. Whom does George Martin refer to as his fairy godfather?

4. What reason did George Martin offer, in Chapter 1, for marrying his first wife, Sheena?

5. Unbeknownst to George Martin, the Beatles wanted to replace one of their musicians with what new man?

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