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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. George Martin and his second wife, Judy Lockhart-Smith, attended the Beatles' fancy dress party for "Magical Mystery Tour" as what characters?
2. 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"?
3. Why was George Martin shocked when he viewed "Crooks Anonymous", a film that he scored?
4. What does George Martin describe as one of his biggest hurts, during the Pepper era?
5. How, according to George Martin, does a computer multiply 17 by 32?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the early founding of AIR, Associated Independent Recording.
2. How did Capitol Records come to take on the Beatles' records, even though they resisted at first?
3. Briefly describe the controversy surrounding John Lennon's comparison of the Beatles and Jesus.
4. What main advantage did George Martin gain from EMI, as a result of creating gold records with the Beatles?
5. What difficulties were presented by John Lennon's request that George Martin fuse together two unique versions of "Strawberry Fields Forever"?
6. Under what circumstances did the Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, die?
7. What inspired the Beatles to present "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" as a concept album?
8. What does George Martin define as the golden treadmill?
9. For the film, "The Family Way", what sort of tune did George Martin ask Paul McCartney to write, and what strategy did he employ when Paul McCartney was slow to comply?
10. What, according to George Martin, is the best way to orchestrate for strings?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the main theme or themes of "All You Need Is Ears"? Is it possible for an autobiography to have a cohesive theme, without some scheming, omissions, and altering of facts by the author?
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 15, George Martin laid out his predictions for the next twenty-five years in music and technology. Most of those predictions have since become reality. Since "All You Need Is Ears" was published in 1979, that twenty-five year span ended in 2004, and the next twenty-five-year span has begun. What predictions might George Martin make for this next quarter century, based on your understanding of his philosophies and knowledge?
Essay Topic 3
What are some of the major achievements of the Beatles, under the wing of George Martin, that make them the most successful and influential band in rock history? What barriers did they break, shocking at the time, that seem perhaps less radical in retrospect?
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