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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who found a solution to the noise problem caused by extra tracks multiplying hiss and crackle?
(a) Dick James.
(b) George Martin.
(c) Dr. Ray Dolby.
(d) Thomas Dolby.

2. Who was the head of Parlophone, whom George Martin met for an interview at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Brian Epstein.
(b) Sidney Harrison.
(c) Oscar Preuss.
(d) Eric Harrison.

3. In Chapter 1, Eric Harrison advised George Martin to do what?
(a) Send some of his compositions to the Committee for the Promotion of New Music.
(b) Audition before the Committee for the Promotion of New Music.
(c) Reenlist in the Royal Air Arm.
(d) Reenlist in the Fleet Air Arm.

4. During recording sessions, as described in Chapter 5, George Martin and which artist often collapsed into fits of giggles?
(a) Frank Sinatra.
(b) George Harrison.
(c) Peggy Lee.
(d) Peter Sellers.

5. The composer Bach trudged hundreds of miles in a failed attempt to meet which other musician, according to George Martin in Chapter 2?
(a) Debussy.
(b) Beethoven.
(c) Handel.
(d) Chopin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does George Martin say he could not have written Beatles tunes?

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

3. Who was the sidekick of Jakka the space-boy, a comedic character recorded by George Martin?

4. While recording the twenty-four-bar climax for "A Day in the Life", George Martin told the orchestra to disobey a fundamental rule by doing what?

5. George Martin states that pop music is not a step down from classical, for what reason?

(see the answer key)

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