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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the recording tape used at Capitol in 1958 differ from the tape used at Abbey Road?
(a) Capitol used half-inch tape to produce a three-track recording, while Abbey Road used quarter-inch tape to produce two tracks.
(b) Capitol used half-inch tape to produce a three-track recording, while Abbey Road used quarter-inch tape to produce three tracks.
(c) Capitol used quarter-inch tape to produce a two-track recording, while Abbey Road used half-inch tape to produce three tracks.
(d) Capitol used one-inch tape to produce a three-track recording, while Abbey Road used half-inch tape to produce two tracks.

2. What was George Martin's day job at the BBC Music Library, after he finished music school?
(a) Recording young musicians.
(b) Fundraising.
(c) Sorting scores.
(d) Composition.

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

4. Why does George Martin say he could not have written Beatles tunes?
(a) He lacked the group's simple approach.
(b) He lacked their ability to tell a story through song.
(c) He could not play the guitar.
(d) He lacked their rhyming ability.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, in George Martin's layer cake metaphor, what was the first layer in a four-track recording?

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

3. What is George Martin's explanation for the song title, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"?

4. What password did the Beatles invent, to warn each other about dubious fans approaching?

5. What was the cause of death of George Martin's mother?

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