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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XXX through XXXII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Paderewski when he debuted in 1887?
(a) 24.
(b) 30.
(c) 16.
(d) 19.

2. How old was Josef Hofmann when he made his American debut?
(a) 12.
(b) 9.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

3. How old was Anton Rubinstein when he debuted?
(a) 9.
(b) 15.
(c) 13.
(d) 11.

4. Where was Eugene d'Albert born?
(a) Scotland.
(b) France.
(c) The United States.
(d) Denmark.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What pianist was born en route between Cassel and Berlin and played with most superficial brilliance?

2. Who played melody with his thumbs in the middle of the keyboard while his fingers played arpeggios up and down the keyboard?

3. Who codified twentieth century theory of technique beyond Chopin's ideas?

4. Old Arpeggio recommended pressing the keys with energy and vigor rather than striking them and kneading tender passages with "fingers of" what?

5. What is a term used to describe various tools invented to help young piano students learn and practice that included a chiroplast, guide-mains, dactylion to suspend fingers on springs, pocket hand exerciser, and technicon among others that promised perfection with less work?

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