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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. Where did Frédéric Chopin die?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) Vienna.
(d) Oslo.

2. What son of a Hungarian official was born in 1811 became a priest in 1865 but had no authority to celebrate mass or hear confession?
(a) Sigismond Thalberg.
(b) Franz Liszt.
(c) Adolf von Henselt.
(d) Friedrich Chopin.

3. Who was Anton Rubinstein's greatest pupil, according to the author?
(a) Alfred Brendel.
(b) Glenn Gould.
(c) Josef Hofmann.
(d) Maurizio Pollini.

4. When was Sergei Rachmaninoff born?
(a) 1849.
(b) 1873.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1799.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Liszt have rooms between Weimar and Budapest?

3. How old was Josef Hofmann when he gave his debut recital?

4. When did Chopin arrive in Paris as a fully-developed composer and pianist?

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

(see the answer key)

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