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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VIII through X.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where was Chopin born?
(a) Krakaw, Poland.
(b) Warsaw, Poland.
(c) Paris, France.
(d) Vienna, Austria.

3. Who was the first great pianist who made a clear break with classicism to set romantic pianism on its course?
(a) Friedrich Chopin.
(b) Carl Czerny.
(c) Adolf von Henselt.
(d) Mozart.

4. Where was Franz Liszt musical director and the location of the headquarters for "Music of the Future"?
(a) Buckingham court.
(b) Weimar court.
(c) Liszt court.
(d) Hammel court.

5. What Austrian child prodigy made his first appearance in public in 1800 playing a Mozart piano concerto?
(a) Johann Nepomuk Hummel.
(b) Adolf von Henselt.
(c) Ignaz Moscheles.
(d) Carl Czerny.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter VI, In the Interim describes the last two decades of what century?

2. 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?

3. Chopin introduced changes in fingering and what that remained stylish into the next century?

4. What pianist was born in April 28, 1873 in New Malden, Surrey, England?

5. When was Frédéric Chopin born?

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