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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XIV through XIX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was Henri Herz born?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1803.
(c) 1779.
(d) 1845.

2. What pianist never played in public but stayed in Vienna to teach pupils and compose over a thousand published works?
(a) Carl Czerny.
(b) Johannes Sebastian Bach.
(c) Johann Nepomuk Hummel.
(d) Ignaz Moscheles.

3. Who was the rival of Franz Liszt?
(a) Adolf von Henselt.
(b) Sigismond Thalberg.
(c) Friedrich Chopin.
(d) Bertold Hummel.

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

5. Who is Anton Rubinstein described as looking and playing like?
(a) Beethoven.
(b) Bach.
(c) Chopin.
(d) Mozart.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Johann Hummel born?

2. In what year was the piano invented?

3. What Polish piano-player could not play two correct notes in a row and always played fortissimo?

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

5. Old Arpeggio recommended pressing the keys with energy and vigor rather than striking them and kneading tender passages with "fingers of" what?

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