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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. Where was Louis Moreau Gottschalk born?
(a) Vienna.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) New Orleans.

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

3. What public university was founded in 1843 by Felix Mendelssohn as the Conservatory of Music?
(a) Mendelssohn Conservatory.
(b) Hamberg Conservatory.
(c) Vienna Conservatory.
(d) Leipzig Conservatory.

4. What German composer and a notable piano virtuoso of the Romantic period studied under Julius Benedict, Carl Czerny, and Simon Sechte?
(a) Theodor Döhler.
(b) William Sterndale Bennett.
(c) Antoine de Kontski.
(d) Louis Moreau Gottschalk.

5. Two Hungarian countesses wrestled to the ground over what object belonging to Franz Liszt?
(a) A ring.
(b) A piano tuner.
(c) An autograph.
(d) A snuffbox.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where was Ignacy Jan Paderewski from?

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

5. What celebrated pianist and composer was born March 10 1832 in Evesham, Worcestershire, England?

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