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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. Why was George Martin shocked when he viewed "Crooks Anonymous", a film that he scored?
2. George Martin and his second wife, Judy Lockhart-Smith, attended the Beatles' fancy dress party for "Magical Mystery Tour" as what characters?
3. George Martin describes John Lennon and Paul McCartney as the main talent of the Beatles, and describes George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and himself as what?
4. What was the dream of George Martin's childhood, as revealed in Chapter 12?
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. Describe the early founding of AIR, Associated Independent Recording.
2. How is a click track used in scoring a film?
3. What does George Martin define as the golden treadmill?
4. What aspects of Dick Lester's direction does George Martin most admire, in the Beatles' film, "A Hard Day's Night"?
5. How is a compressor used in a recording studio?
6. Discuss two innovations predicted by George Martin in Chapter 15 that have since become reality.
7. What main advantage did George Martin gain from EMI, as a result of creating gold records with the Beatles?
8. In what way was the construction of the first AIR studio innovative, as described in Chapter 14?
9. 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?
10. In Chapter 11, George Martin expresses his naivety regarding what activities of the Beatles?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does George Martin use the opening sequence in Chapter 1, featuring himself, the Beatles, and Brian Epstein in Paris, to lay the groundwork for their personalities and their relationships?
Essay Topic 2
If George Martin can be said to be the protagonist of his own autobiographical story, who are the main antagonists? How did George Martin overcome obstacles set before him by those antagonists? Did he, or his character, learn and grow as the story progressed?
Essay Topic 3
Describe George Martin's complex relationship with Debussy's "L'Après-midi d'une faune." How did the piece enhance his understanding of orchestration?
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