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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XXX through XXXII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What musical instrument consists of one or more sets of pipes sounded by means of compressed air, played by means of one or more keyboards, and capable of producing a wide range of musical effects?
(a) Lute.
(b) Clavichord.
(c) Organ.
(d) Harpsichord.

2. In what year did Isaac Albeniz go to San Francisco before returning to Europe?
(a) 1874.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1948.

3. In what year was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born?
(a) 1780.
(b) 1749.
(c) 1714.
(d) 1756.

4. When was Johann Hummel born?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1845.
(c) 1745.
(d) 1778.

5. What nickname did the pianist Vladimir de Pachmann acquire?
(a) "Brahma of the Keyboard."
(b) "The Little Giant."
(c) "Chopinzee."
(d) "The Maestro."

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber born?

2. What great pianist played piano as he sat erect and formal with minimal movement and earned the nickname Old Arpeggio?

3. Who discovered Harold Bauer at twenty playing piano?

4. How old was Paderewski when he debuted in 1887?

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?

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