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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. How old was Paderewski when he debuted in 1887?
(a) 16.
(b) 19.
(c) 30.
(d) 24.

2. What is a term used to describe various tools invented to help young piano students learn and practice that included a chiroplast, guide-mains, dactylion to suspend fingers on springs, pocket hand exerciser, and technicon among others that promised perfection with less work?
(a) Devices and mechanisms.
(b) Etude and arpeggio.
(c) Legato and stacatto.
(d) Etudes and scales.

3. Where was Louis Moreau Gottschalk born?
(a) London.
(b) Vienna.
(c) Paris.
(d) New Orleans.

4. What is the term used to describe an elegant drawing room used in formal receptions that is different in layout and size than a public hall or auditorium used for concerts?
(a) Concerto.
(b) Studio.
(c) Salon.
(d) Stage.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the pianist Ernest Hutcheson from?

2. What term refers to a group of eight interrelated notes?

3. What Irish pianist, composer, and teacher was born in Dublin in 1782?

4. Who was the rival of Franz Liszt?

5. In what year was Henri Herz born?

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