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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. Who played melody with his thumbs in the middle of the keyboard while his fingers played arpeggios up and down the keyboard?
(a) Bertold Hummel.
(b) Franz Liszt.
(c) Friedrich Chopin.
(d) Sigismond Thalberg.

2. In what year did Louis Moreau Gottschalk die?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1869.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1900.

3. Who was considered Liszt's equal and a "living impersonation of Chopin"?
(a) Franz Liszt.
(b) Louis Moreau Gottschalk.
(c) Carl Tausig.
(d) Hans von Bulow.

4. When did the piano become the most popular instrument to be played publicly?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1814.
(c) 1772.
(d) 1800.

5. Who married composer Robert Schumann, wore black in his memory, and was the authority on his music?
(a) Mary Schumann.
(b) Andrea Schumann.
(c) Louise Schumann.
(d) Clara Schumann.

Short Answer Questions

1. What German composer and a notable piano virtuoso of the Romantic period studied under Julius Benedict, Carl Czerny, and Simon Sechte?

2. In what decade did America discourage pupils away from European schools like Paris Conservatoire?

3. Who freed Hans von Bulow from a lack of spontaneity to become his first great pupil?

4. 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?

5. Where was Chopin born?

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