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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. As described in Chapter 14, AIR built its first studio where?
(a) A private area in the Caribbean.
(b) A house in New England.
(c) At the top of an old department store in London, in what was once a restaurant for the gentry.
(d) A yacht formerly owned by the Yugoslavian government.

2. In the movie, "Yellow Submarine", what sound effect did George Martin contrive for the enormous monster that sucked up the yellow submarine and, eventually, the movie screen?
(a) A dilruba.
(b) Orchestral music played backwards.
(c) Small strips of tape, cut apart and spliced in random order.
(d) Piccolo trumpets.

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

4. The song, "Pepperland Laid Waste", appears on which Beatles album?"
(a) "Sergeant Pepper".
(b) "Revolver".
(c) "Yellow Submarine".
(d) "Help!"

5. In Chapter 8, in George Martin's layer cake metaphor, what was the first layer in a four-track recording?
(a) Rhythm, such as drums and bass.
(b) Harmonies, such as piano or guitar.
(c) The lead voice.
(d) Extra bits, called sweetening.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which small American record label released "She Loves You" after Capitol Records refused?

2. Where did George Martin build his second AIR studio?

3. What sound near the end of "Good Morning" sounded remarkably like the guitar at the beginning of "Sergeant Pepper", allowing for an easy fusion of "Good Morning" and the "Sergeant Pepper Reprise"?

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

5. During the Beatles' first trip to America, why did Alan Livingston attempt to keep George Martin away from press conferences and the limelight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sorts of diversions did the Beatles create, in order to get in and out of their hotel rooms in the U.S.?

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

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

4. In what way was the construction of the first AIR studio innovative, as described in Chapter 14?

5. Briefly summarize George Martin's predictions for the future, as of 1979, regarding the use of digital recording.

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

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

8. Why did the creators of the James Bond film, "Live and Let Die", want someone other than songwriter Paul McCartney to sing the title song?

9. 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?

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

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