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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XXVIII and XXIX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Chopin arrive in Paris as a fully-developed composer and pianist?
(a) 1845.
(b) 1831.
(c) 1789.
(d) 1905.

2. Where was Eugene d'Albert born?
(a) Scotland.
(b) France.
(c) Denmark.
(d) The United States.

3. How much money did Ignacy Jan Paderewski earn for three months playing in the United States?
(a) $200,000.
(b) $150,000.
(c) $300,000.
(d) $500,000.

4. Chopin considered Bach and who to be the only two great composers?
(a) Bertold Hummel.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Franz Liszt.
(d) Adolf von Henselt.

5. Leschetizky identified three elements of being a great pianist that included being a what?
(a) Child prodigy.
(b) American.
(c) Mathematician.
(d) German.

Short Answer Questions

1. Paderewski did not receive systematic instruction until what age?

2. Who embellished a Chopin nocturne, prompting Chopin to tell him to play it as he wrote it or not at all?

3. When was Ignacy Jan Paderewski born?

4. What Polish student of Franz Liszt amazed fellow pianists with his speed, power and endurance?

5. What nickname referred to Eugene d'Albert?

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