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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. What pianist was born November 14, 1778, in Bohemia?
(a) Carl Czerny.
(b) Friedrich Kalkbrenner.
(c) Johann Nepomuk Hummel.
(d) Ignaz Moscheles.

2. 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?
(a) Harpsichord.
(b) Organ.
(c) Clavichord.
(d) Lute.

3. What pianist was born in April 28, 1873 in New Malden, Surrey, England?
(a) Harold Bauer.
(b) Muzio Clementi.
(c) John Field.
(d) Bartolomeo Cristofori.

4. What style, perfect for piano, was invented in 1709 by Italian harpsichord-maker Bartolommeo Cristofori to play in salons?
(a) Classicism.
(b) Style galant.
(c) Romanticism.
(d) Modernism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. What Irish pianist, composer, and teacher was born in Dublin in 1782?

4. What is a term used to describe various tools invented to help young piano students learn and practice that included a chiroplast, guide-mains, dactylion to suspend fingers on springs, pocket hand exerciser, and technicon among others that promised perfection with less work?

5. 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?

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