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

2. In the recording industry, what does the acronym ADT stand for?
(a) Auditory decibel tones.
(b) Artificial double-tones.
(c) Auditory double-tracking.
(d) Artificial double-tracking.

3. In Chapter 10, which Beatle does George Martin describe as an aural Salvador Dali?
(a) George Harrison.
(b) Paul McCartney.
(c) Ringo Starr.
(d) John Lennon.

4. How far above the original floor does the studio floor at AIR's first studio float?
(a) Two feet.
(b) One foot.
(c) Two inches.
(d) One inch.

5. Where did George Martin build his second AIR studio?
(a) Yugoslavia.
(b) London.
(c) Montserrat.
(d) Cape Cod.

Short Answer Questions

1. At EMI, what did engineer Charlie Anderson do when a photographer wanted to take pictures of a recording artist in the studio?

2. George Martin's new business, AIR, is an acronym for what?

3. How does George Martin describe the result, when a recording is overcompressed?

4. Which group of painters is George Martin's favorite?

5. In Chapter 8, in George Martin's layer cake metaphor, what was the third layer in a four-track recording?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

4. What album does George Martin consider to be the classic example of what can be achieved by a talented amateur with multi-track equipment?

5. What inspired the Beatles to present "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" as a concept album?

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

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

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

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

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