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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. Where did Paderewski debut in 1887?
(a) Paris.
(b) Oslo.
(c) New York.
(d) Vienna.

2. Harold Bauer credited his piano interest to what dancer?
(a) Maria Callais.
(b) Isadora Duncan.
(c) Sarah Earnheart.
(d) Mary Whipley.

3. Who codified twentieth century theory of technique beyond Chopin's ideas?
(a) Arthur Rubinstein.
(b) Claude Debussy.
(c) Vladimir Horowitz.
(d) David Tudor.

4. When did Chopin arrive in Paris as a fully-developed composer and pianist?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1845.
(c) 1831.
(d) 1789.

5. What Polish piano-player could not play two correct notes in a row and always played fortissimo?
(a) Louis Moreau Gottschalk.
(b) Antoine de Kontski.
(c) William Sterndale Bennett.
(d) Theodor Döhler.

Short Answer Questions

1. Vladimir de Pachmann dressed in a smelly, old gown he claimed was whose?

2. How old was Louis Moreau Gottschalk when he died?

3. Who held solo concerts in 1839 Rome?

4. What romantic Polish pianist born in 1830 spent most of his life after 1878 in Vienna?

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

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