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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VI and VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Ignaz Moscheles.
(b) Carl Czerny.
(c) Adolf von Henselt.
(d) Johann Nepomuk Hummel.

2. What German pianist, composer, piano teacher, and piano manufacturer was born in 1785?
(a) Johann Nepomuk Hummel.
(b) Bartolomeo Cristofori.
(c) Adolf von Henselt.
(d) Friedrich Kalkbrenner.

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

4. What Irish pianist, composer, and teacher was born in Dublin in 1782?
(a) Adolf von Henselt.
(b) John Field.
(c) Muzio Clementi.
(d) Bartolomeo Cristofori.

5. What refers to an early keyboard instrument producing a soft sound by means of metal blades attached to the inner ends of the keys gently striking the strings?
(a) Harpsichord.
(b) Lute.
(c) Organ.
(d) Clavichord.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term is used to identify a type of music that is a singing, nuanced, fluffy, polite, and melodic approach developed after Bach's death when the heavy contrapuntal style used in the tempestuous fugue fell into disfavor?

2. When was Vladimir von Pachmann born?

3. What is the name of a term used to describe a form of music in which themes successively repeat?

4. What refers to a keyboard instrument, precursor of the piano, in which the strings are plucked by leather or quill points connected with the keys, in common use from the 16th to the 18th century?

5. What pianist wrote music that took "remarkable stretch" and "peculiar hand formation" to reach his left-hand extensions?

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