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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 what city were the Beatles trapped in an overloaded elevator?
2. What is the double meaning of the title of Chapter 15?
3. What was the first difference George Martin noticed at Capitol Studios in America, as compared to Abbey Road, as described in Chapter 8?
4. In the movie, "Yellow Submarine", what sound effect did George Martin contrive for the enormous monster that sucked up the yellow submarine and, eventually, the movie screen?
5. In Chapter 8, in George Martin's layer cake metaphor, what was the second layer in a four-track recording?
Short Essay Questions
1. What, according to George Martin, is the best way to orchestrate for strings?
2. As explained in Chapter 13, how does George Martin respond when asked how to become a successful record producer?
3. What album does George Martin consider to be the classic example of what can be achieved by a talented amateur with multi-track equipment?
4. 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?
5. Briefly summarize George Martin's predictions for the future, as of 1979, regarding the use of digital recording.
6. 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?
7. How is a click track used in scoring a film?
8. Under what circumstances did the Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, die?
9. 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?
10. Discuss two innovations predicted by George Martin in Chapter 15 that have since become reality.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the unique collaborative writing style employed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. In the opinion of George Martin, how are their individual styles unique?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the phenomenon, as explained by George Martin in Chapter 6, of two stereo speakers creating the illusion of sound emanating from a central point, in addition to the left and right. How did he use this phenomenon to its best advantage in his recordings?
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast George Martin's descriptions of alcohol consumption by many of the comedic and musical acts he recorded in his early days at Parlophone, with his descriptions of illegal drug use by the Beatles.
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