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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. How old was Josef Hofmann when he made his American debut?
(a) 5.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

2. Where was Franz Liszt musical director and the location of the headquarters for "Music of the Future"?
(a) Buckingham court.
(b) Hammel court.
(c) Liszt court.
(d) Weimar court.

3. Who embellished a Chopin nocturne, prompting Chopin to tell him to play it as he wrote it or not at all?
(a) Adolf von Henselt.
(b) Friedrich Chopin.
(c) Bertold Hummel.
(d) Franz Liszt.

4. What great pianist played piano as he sat erect and formal with minimal movement and earned the nickname Old Arpeggio?
(a) Carl Czerny.
(b) Adolf von Henselt.
(c) Sigismond Thalberg.
(d) Friedrich Chopin.

5. Who was the first great pianist who made a clear break with classicism to set romantic pianism on its course?
(a) Adolf von Henselt.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Friedrich Chopin.
(d) Carl Czerny.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chopin considered Bach and who to be the only two great composers?

2. When was Sergei Rachmaninoff born?

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

4. Two Hungarian countesses wrestled to the ground over what object belonging to Franz Liszt?

5. How much money did Ignacy Jan Paderewski earn for three months playing in the United States?

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