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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. When did Josef Hofmann make his American debut?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1855.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1887.

2. 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.

3. What term is used to describe the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century virtuoso style of piano playing in which a pianist plays with expanded flexibility?
(a) Classicism.
(b) Cubism.
(c) Modernism.
(d) Romanticism.

4. How old was Louis Moreau Gottschalk when he died?
(a) 50.
(b) 30.
(c) 40.
(d) 60.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was an ill-defined method of balanced playing where stronger emphasized notes were offset by lesser emphasized notes?

2. How old was Josef Hofmann when he gave his debut recital?

3. When did Sigismond Thalberg die?

4. Where was William Sterndale Bennett from?

5. What term refers to a group of eight interrelated notes?

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