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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XXVI and XXVII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chopin considered Bach and who to be the only two great composers?
(a) Bertold Hummel.
(b) Franz Liszt.
(c) Adolf von Henselt.
(d) Mozart.

2. Chopin introduced changes in fingering and what that remained stylish into the next century?
(a) Fugues.
(b) Chords.
(c) Keys.
(d) Pedaling.

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

4. What musician played like a skilled de Pachmann, according to the author?
(a) Vassily Sapellnikoff.
(b) Percy Grainger.
(c) Moriz Rosenthal.
(d) Alfred Grunfeld.

5. 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) Franz Liszt.
(b) Sigismond Thalberg.
(c) Adolf von Henselt.
(d) Friedrich Chopin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Liszt's favorite female student?

2. In what year did Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart die?

3. At what age did Isaac Albeniz hide on a ship crossing the Atlantic to Puerto Rico and play in his French musketeer costume for passengers?

4. What nickname did the pianist Leopold Godowsky go by?

5. Thalberg fully retired from playing with not even a piano at home in what year?

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