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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. Where was Chopin born?
(a) Krakaw, Poland.
(b) Vienna, Austria.
(c) Paris, France.
(d) Warsaw, Poland.

2. What German pianist, composer, piano teacher, and piano manufacturer was born in 1785?
(a) Johann Nepomuk Hummel.
(b) Friedrich Kalkbrenner.
(c) Adolf von Henselt.
(d) Bartolomeo Cristofori.

3. What Austrian child prodigy made his first appearance in public in 1800 playing a Mozart piano concerto?
(a) Johann Nepomuk Hummel.
(b) Carl Czerny.
(c) Adolf von Henselt.
(d) Ignaz Moscheles.

4. When did Sigismond Thalberg die?
(a) 1803.
(b) 1871.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1845.

5. Old Arpeggio recommended pressing the keys with energy and vigor rather than striking them and kneading tender passages with "fingers of" what?
(a) Velvet.
(b) Silk.
(c) Glass.
(d) Cotton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Australian pianist hiked to concerts with a knapsack and was one of the most gifted pianists of the 20th century?

2. What country did Eugene d'Albert consider to be his spiritual home?

3. What term is used to identify a type of music that is a singing, nuanced, fluffy, polite, and melodic approach developed after Bach's death when the heavy contrapuntal style used in the tempestuous fugue fell into disfavor?

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

5. Leschetizky identified three elements of being a great pianist that included being a what?

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