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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XXIV and XXV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did the romantic upheaval take place in music?
(a) 1830.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1798.
(d) 1754.

2. Where was Johann Hummel from?
(a) Austria.
(b) Russia.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Hungary.

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

4. Where was Ignacy Jan Paderewski from?
(a) France.
(b) Denmark.
(c) Russia.
(d) Poland.

5. What nickname did the pianist Leopold Godowsky go by?
(a) "Brahma of the Keyboard."
(b) "Chopinzee."
(c) "The Little Giant."
(d) "The Piano God."

Short Answer Questions

1. What Austrian child prodigy made his first appearance in public in 1800 playing a Mozart piano concerto?

2. What Russian pianist played Chopin's Polonaise for an amazed critic, George Bernard Shaw?

3. In the late 18th century, piano-playing techniques changed from Clementi's classic horizontal hand and arm level to outward-turned hands and wrists exemplified by whom?

4. The "Leschetizky system" assigned pupils who needed more training to an assistant for how long or until they met Leschetizky's standards?

5. Who studied under Carl Czerny and began his public career at the age of 11, appearing at the Teatro San Benedetto, Venice, in 1843?

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