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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the time "All You Need Is Ears" was written, what equipment was used to alter the pitch of a human voice recording?
(a) Harmonising Vocaliser.
(b) Harmonising Eventide.
(c) Eventide Harmoniser.
(d) Vocal Harmoniser.

2. What was unusual about the piano-playing skill of Irving Berlin, according to George Martin?
(a) He could not play the piano without accompaniment.
(b) He could only play in G flat.
(c) He could only play with his eyes closed.
(d) He could only play his own compositions.

3. After attending a concert, George Martin met Eric Harrison, a musician who played which instrument?
(a) Trumpet.
(b) Oboe.
(c) Piano.
(d) Guitar.

4. George Martin explains that, in 1954, what was true about singer/songwriters?
(a) Singer/songwriters were asked to choose one specialty or the other.
(b) Singers were discouraged from singing their own compositions.
(c) Singer/songwriters were a rare breed, less common than in the late 1970s.
(d) Singers only sang their own songs.

5. Who created the Beatles' early image, featuring their famous haircuts?
(a) George Martin.
(b) Brian Epstein.
(c) Sid Coleman.
(d) Pete Best.

6. How, according to George Martin in Chapter 7, was the collaboration of Lennon and McCartney different from Rodgers and Hart?
(a) Lennon wrote only lyrics and McCartney wrote only music.
(b) Lennon wrote only music and McCartney wrote only lyrics.
(c) They wrote separately, then asked each other for advice when stuck.
(d) Lennon and McCartney regularly fought while writing.

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

8. Who was the first president of the London Baroque Society?
(a) Dr. Karl Oskar.
(b) George Martin.
(c) Peter Ustinov.
(d) Oscar Preuss.

9. As explained in Chapter 4, what is the normal range of hearing for humans?
(a) 10 to 200,000 hertz.
(b) 20 to 200,000 hertz.
(c) 200 to 100,000 hertz.
(d) 20 to 20,000 hertz.

10. What, according to George Martin, is the real wonder of music and orchestration?
(a) Everyone hears notes differently.
(b) You can actually paint sound.
(c) Notes on the page become sound in the ear.
(d) Music is the common language of all people.

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

12. As explained by George Martin in Chapter 2, how is orchestration different from composition?
(a) Orchestration is easier than composition.
(b) Orchestration is more difficult than composition.
(c) Orchestration is a matter of giving color to lines that are already there.
(d) Orchestration involves changing a composition, as an editor changes a manuscript.

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

14. In Chapter 7, George Martin reflects that what decision cost him millions of pounds?
(a) Turning down an offer to buy a share in Dick Clark Music.
(b) Refusing to publish the Beatles' music worldwide.
(c) Turning down an offer to buy a share in Dick James Music.
(d) Selling his rights to the Beatles catalog to Michael Jackson.

15. George Martin perceived which Beatle to be the leader of the group, early in their relationship, as described in Chapter 7?
(a) John Lennon.
(b) No one.
(c) Paul McCartney.
(d) George Harrison.

Short Answer Questions

1. As described in Chapter 4, what are bass traps?

2. George Martin had trouble plugging "Love Me Do" for what reason, as explained in Chapter 7?

3. According to George Martin in Chapter 2, what was the great challenge faced by classical composers in the late twentieth century?

4. The composer Bach trudged hundreds of miles in a failed attempt to meet which other musician, according to George Martin in Chapter 2?

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

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