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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 son of a Hungarian official was born in 1811 became a priest in 1865 but had no authority to celebrate mass or hear confession?
(a) Sigismond Thalberg.
(b) Friedrich Chopin.
(c) Adolf von Henselt.
(d) Franz Liszt.

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

3. Who freed Hans von Bulow from a lack of spontaneity to become his first great pupil?
(a) Franz Liszt.
(b) Felix Mendelssohn.
(c) Louis Moreau Gottschalk.
(d) Hans von Bulow.

4. When did Louis Moreau Gottschalk die?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1869.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1815.

5. When did Louis Moreau Gottschalk return to the United States to give a New York concert?
(a) 1853.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1818.
(d) 1798.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What musical term refers to playing notes of a chord one after another rather than at one time?

3. What German pianist, composer, piano teacher, and piano manufacturer was born in 1785?

4. 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?

5. In what year was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born?

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