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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. From 1750 to 1824, London music shops grew from 12 to how many?
(a) 50.
(b) 150.
(c) 100.
(d) 200.

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) Clavichord.
(b) Organ.
(c) Lute.
(d) Harpsichord.

3. 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?
(a) Lute.
(b) Harpsichord.
(c) Clavichord.
(d) Organ.

4. Thalberg fully retired from playing with not even a piano at home in what year?
(a) 1897.
(b) 1789.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1863.

5. What is the term used to describe an elegant drawing room used in formal receptions that is different in layout and size than a public hall or auditorium used for concerts?
(a) Salon.
(b) Studio.
(c) Concerto.
(d) Stage.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Louis Moreau Gottschalk return to the United States to give a New York concert?

2. In what year did the romantic upheaval take place in music?

3. What is an English piano manufacturer founded in 1728 by Burkat Shudi and continued after his death in 1773?

4. Where was Anton Rubinstein born?

5. In the late 18th century, piano-playing techniques changed from Clementi's classic horizontal hand and arm level to outward-turned hands and wrists exemplified by whom?

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