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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While George Martin's main instrument was the piano, what was his second instrument at music school?
(a) Guitar.
(b) Oboe.
(c) French horn.
(d) Flute.

2. At what age did George Martin join his sister at a convent school?
(a) Eight.
(b) Six.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

3. George Martin had trouble plugging "Love Me Do" for what reason, as explained in Chapter 7?
(a) The industry was expecting a comedy record from him.
(b) The song title seemed trite.
(c) The Beatles were from Liverpool, not London.
(d) The industry did not approve of the Beatles' longish hair.

4. "Love Me Do" hit what number in the charts?
(a) Five.
(b) Twenty.
(c) One.
(d) Seventeen.

5. Early in Chapter 3, what was George Martin's job at Parlophone?
(a) Composition.
(b) Sorting scores.
(c) Accounting.
(d) Overseeing classical music.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the scandal at EMI, involving sopranos Kirsten Flagstad and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf?

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

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

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

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

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