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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. What Polish American pianist, composer, and teacher was known for his theories concerning the application of relaxed weight and economy of motion in piano playing?
(a) Leopold Godowsky.
(b) Ferruccio Busoni.
(c) Claude Debussy.
(d) Franz Liszt.

2. When was Vladimir von Pachmann born?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1798.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1865.

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

4. What pianist performed at four and memorized and played all the Beethoven symphonies at eight on piano?
(a) William Sterndale Bennett.
(b) Louis Moreau Gottschalk.
(c) Felix Mendelssohn.
(d) Clara Schumann.

5. What pianist never played in public but stayed in Vienna to teach pupils and compose over a thousand published works?
(a) Johann Nepomuk Hummel.
(b) Carl Czerny.
(c) Ignaz Moscheles.
(d) Johannes Sebastian Bach.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year did Louis Moreau Gottschalk die?

3. Chapter VI, In the Interim describes the last two decades of what century?

4. How old was Josef Hofmann when he made his American debut?

5. In what year was Harold Bauer born?

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