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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XX through XXIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was the piano invented?
(a) 1523.
(b) 1654.
(c) 1790.
(d) 1709.

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

3. What German pianist and composer was a pupil of Hummel and Sechter and became court pianist in St Petersburg?
(a) Mozart.
(b) Carl Czerny.
(c) Adolf von Henselt.
(d) Friedrich Chopin.

4. Under whom did Ignacy Jan Paderewski study piano?
(a) Theodor Leschetizky.
(b) Eugene d'Albert.
(c) Ludwig van Beethoven.
(d) Bartolommeo Cristofori.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Johann Hummel from?

2. Who was Liszt's favorite female student?

3. Who invented the piano?

4. 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?

5. When was Frédéric Chopin born?

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