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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 is an English piano manufacturer founded in 1728 by Burkat Shudi and continued after his death in 1773?
(a) Henselt and Sons.
(b) Hammel and Sons.
(c) Steinway.
(d) Broadwood and Sons.

2. Where did Frédéric Chopin die?
(a) Vienna.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Oslo.

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

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

5. What son of a Hungarian official was born in 1811 became a priest in 1865 but had no authority to celebrate mass or hear confession?
(a) Friedrich Chopin.
(b) Franz Liszt.
(c) Sigismond Thalberg.
(d) Adolf von Henselt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter VI, In the Interim describes the last two decades of what century?

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

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. Who held solo concerts in 1839 Rome?

5. In what year did the romantic upheaval take place in music?

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