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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. What problem was discovered at AIR, while Laurence Olivier was recording "Julius Caesar"?
(a) Poor air circulation.
(b) The walls weren't soundproof.
(c) A squeaky floorboard.
(d) Overly sensitive microphones.

2. What is the double meaning of the title of Chapter 15?
(a) It is both the title of a Beatles song and a reference to his predictions for the future.
(b) It is both the title of a Cilla Black song and a reference to his fears about the future.
(c) It is both the title of a Beatles song and a reference to his fears about the future.
(d) It is both the title of a Cilla Black song and a reference to his predictions for the future.

3. For which movie did George Martin receive his first and only Academy Award nomination?
(a) "A Hard Day's Night".
(b) "Help!"
(c) "Goldfinger".
(d) "Live and Let Die".

4. On George Harrison's "Within You Without You", what Indian violin is featured?
(a) The dilruba.
(b) The charchari.
(c) The mayuri vina.
(d) The chikara.

5. As mentioned in Chapter 12, where did George Martin first meet the then-unknown composer, Randy Newman?
(a) A musical factory in Hollywood.
(b) A party in the Caribbean.
(c) A piano bar in Los Angeles.
(d) A recording studio in London.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, for George Martin, was the main advantage of recording on two tracks instead of one?

2. Regarding orchestration, what does George Martin offer as the secret to good string writing?

3. What was the first movie scored by George Martin?

4. Which Beatles song was the first to feature other musicians, in addition to the four Beatles and George Martin?

5. What was the first difference George Martin noticed at Capitol Studios in America, as compared to Abbey Road, as described in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In the song, "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite", how did George Martin achieve his complex hurdy-gurdy effect?

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

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

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

8. How did Capitol Records come to take on the Beatles' records, even though they resisted at first?

9. Which is the only Beatles film not scored by George Martin, and why?

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

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