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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. What term refers to an individual who possesses outstanding technical ability in the fine arts, at singing or playing a musical instrument?
(a) Mentor.
(b) Master.
(c) Virtuoso.
(d) Maestro.

2. What was an ill-defined method of balanced playing where stronger emphasized notes were offset by lesser emphasized notes?
(a) Arpeggio.
(b) Tempo rubato.
(c) Legato.
(d) Fugue.

3. When was Ignacy Jan Paderewski born?
(a) 1860.
(b) 1872.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1798.

4. The "Leschetizky system" assigned pupils who needed more training to an assistant for how long or until they met Leschetizky's standards?
(a) Three years.
(b) One year.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Chopin born?

2. Where was Eugene d'Albert born?

3. When did Josef Hofmann make his Hamburg debut?

4. Chopin introduced changes in fingering and what that remained stylish into the next century?

5. 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?

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