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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. Who discovered Harold Bauer at twenty playing piano?
(a) Johannes Sebastian Bach.
(b) Paderewski.
(c) Sergei Rachmaninoff.
(d) Josef Lhevinne.

2. At what age did the musician Mischa Levitzski die?
(a) 45.
(b) 35.
(c) 50.
(d) 62.

3. What term refers to an individual who possesses outstanding technical ability in the fine arts, at singing or playing a musical instrument?
(a) Maestro.
(b) Virtuoso.
(c) Mentor.
(d) Master.

4. Where was William Sterndale Bennett from?
(a) The United States.
(b) Great Britain.
(c) Canada.
(d) France.

5. Who was Anton Rubinstein's greatest pupil, according to the author?
(a) Glenn Gould.
(b) Josef Hofmann.
(c) Alfred Brendel.
(d) Maurizio Pollini.

Short Answer Questions

1. What musician helped establish the German school and played clearly, analytically, and precisely with authority?

2. Where was the pianist Ernest Hutcheson from?

3. 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?

4. When did Chopin arrive in Paris as a fully-developed composer and pianist?

5. Who was considered Liszt's equal and a "living impersonation of Chopin"?

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