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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. What musical instrument consists of one or more sets of pipes sounded by means of compressed air, played by means of one or more keyboards, and capable of producing a wide range of musical effects?
(a) Lute.
(b) Harpsichord.
(c) Clavichord.
(d) Organ.

2. What German Romantic composer of orchestral and choral works was born in 1809 in Hamburg?
(a) Ignaz Moscheles.
(b) Carl Czerny.
(c) Felix Mendelssohn.
(d) Friedrich Kalkbrenner.

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

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

5. Who was Liszt's favorite female student?
(a) Clara Schumann.
(b) Adele aus der Ohe.
(c) Sophie Mentor.
(d) Amy Fay.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who held solo concerts in 1839 Rome?

2. What German pianist and composer was a pupil of Hummel and Sechter and became court pianist in St Petersburg?

3. 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?

4. Where did Frédéric Chopin die?

5. In what year did Louis Moreau Gottschalk die?

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