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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. In the 1950s studios had A&R men, meaning what?
2. Which Beatles song was the first to feature other musicians, in addition to the four Beatles and George Martin?
3. In Chapter 12, what does George Martin refer to as a "golden treadmill?"
4. At EMI, what did engineer Charlie Anderson do when a photographer wanted to take pictures of a recording artist in the studio?
5. What is the double meaning of the title of Chapter 15?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does George Martin compare multi-track recording to a four-layer cake, as described in Chapter 8?
2. What sites did George Martin consider for AIR's second studio, a residential complex, and where was it ultimately constructed?
3. Why, as described in Chapter 10, did George Martin become increasingly frustrated with EMI?
4. What aspects of Dick Lester's direction does George Martin most admire, in the Beatles' film, "A Hard Day's Night"?
5. 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?
6. Briefly summarize George Martin's predictions for the future, as of 1979, regarding the use of digital recording.
7. What main advantage did George Martin gain from EMI, as a result of creating gold records with the Beatles?
8. Under what circumstances did the Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, die?
9. Briefly describe the controversy surrounding John Lennon's comparison of the Beatles and Jesus.
10. In the song, "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite", how did George Martin achieve his complex hurdy-gurdy effect?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does George Martin feel that pop music is not a step down from classical music? Why does he think pop musicians find it easier to succeed in modern times than classical musicians?
Essay Topic 2
Although "All You Need Is Ears" is an autobiography, the technique of foreshadowing is sometimes used by George Martin. For example, Chapters 1 and 2 both end with strong hints of what will happen in Chapter 3: the beginning of George Martin's career in the recording industry. What other examples of foreshadowing occur in the book?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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