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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XI through XIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term refers to a form of music also called counterpoint in which several simultaneous melodies are woven together into a harmonious whole that was fostered by Johann Sebastian Bach?
(a) Arpeggio.
(b) Legato.
(c) Fugue.
(d) Contrapuntal style.

2. Chapter VI, In the Interim describes the last two decades of what century?
(a) 17th.
(b) 16th.
(c) 18th.
(d) 19th.

3. What pianist wrote music that took "remarkable stretch" and "peculiar hand formation" to reach his left-hand extensions?
(a) John Field.
(b) Muzio Clementi.
(c) Adolf von Henselt.
(d) Bartolomeo Cristofori.

4. What Hungarian composer wildly gesticulated back and forth all over the keyboard when he played?
(a) Friedrich Chopin.
(b) Bertold Hummel.
(c) Franz Liszt.
(d) Sigismond Thalberg.

5. What pianist was born en route between Cassel and Berlin and played with most superficial brilliance?
(a) Friedrich Kalkbrenner.
(b) Carl Czerny.
(c) Johann Nepomuk Hummel.
(d) Ignaz Moscheles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was William Sterndale Bennett from?

2. What pianist was born in April 28, 1873 in New Malden, Surrey, England?

3. What celebrated pianist and composer was born March 10 1832 in Evesham, Worcestershire, England?

4. When did Louis Moreau Gottschalk die?

5. A primitive cylinder recording of Brahms was found dated from what year?

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