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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. George Martin converted a house in what New England town into a recording studio, to record Sea Train?
(a) Marblehead.
(b) Cape Cod.
(c) Braintree.
(d) Plymouth.

2. As stated in Chapter 8, in what year did George Martin make his first trip to America?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1964.

3. What did George Martin predict would happen soon after publication of "All You Need Is Ears", regarding holography?
(a) Holographic discs.
(b) Stereo transmission.
(c) Full-color transmission.
(d) Holographic music.

4. How, according to George Martin, does a computer multiply 17 by 32?
(a) It will add seventeen 30s together, then add seventeen 2s together, then combine the results.
(b) It will add seventeen 32s together.
(c) It will multiply 10 by 32, then multiply 7 by 32, then add the results together.
(d) It will multiply 17 by 30, then multiply 17 by 2, then add the results together.

5. 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?
(a) They were told not to tune their instruments.
(b) They were told not to listen to their neighbors.
(c) They were told not to sit in their usual seats, but to mix the different sections of the orchestra.
(d) He did not tell them to disobey a fundamental rule.

Short Answer Questions

1. While orchestrating the film, "The Family Way", what compromise did George Martin reach with John Boulting?

2. In the recording industry, what does the acronym ADT stand for?

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

4. What three reasons does George Martin offer for some groups' desire not to work with a producer?

5. What was the dream of George Martin's childhood, as revealed in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What main advantage did George Martin gain from EMI, as a result of creating gold records with the Beatles?

2. What is George Martin's explanation for the song, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", contrary to the popular theory that the song is about LSD?

3. In Chapter 11, George Martin expresses his naivety regarding what activities of the Beatles?

4. As explained in Chapter 13, how does George Martin respond when asked how to become a successful record producer?

5. What sites did George Martin consider for AIR's second studio, a residential complex, and where was it ultimately constructed?

6. Describe the early founding of AIR, Associated Independent Recording.

7. How is a click track used in scoring a film?

8. Why, as described in Chapter 10, did George Martin become increasingly frustrated with EMI?

9. What was the first film scored by George Martin, and why does he refer to the process as a nightmare?

10. What does George Martin define as the golden treadmill?

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