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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Many were diminished or decimated.
(c) Most moved to America.
(d) They moved from the recording business to television.

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

4. At the end of Chapter 1, who offered George Martin a job?
(a) Oscar Preuss.
(b) Sidney Harrison.
(c) Peter Ustinov.
(d) Eric Harrison.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the four Beatles who first met with George Martin in 1962?

2. During his first meeting with George Martin, the Beatles' manager said that everyone in Liverpool described them in what way?

3. George Martin guesses he was how old when his family got a piano?

4. The Beatles first signed with which publisher in America?

5. Which Beatle, according to George Martin in Chapter 7, was the most proficient musician?

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