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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. Where was Josef Hofmann born?
(a) The United States.
(b) Poland.
(c) Great Britain.
(d) Austria.

2. What term refers to any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d) Percussion.

3. What pianist wrote music that took "remarkable stretch" and "peculiar hand formation" to reach his left-hand extensions?
(a) Bartolomeo Cristofori.
(b) Muzio Clementi.
(c) Adolf von Henselt.
(d) John Field.

4. What is the term used to describe an elegant drawing room used in formal receptions that is different in layout and size than a public hall or auditorium used for concerts?
(a) Stage.
(b) Studio.
(c) Concerto.
(d) Salon.

5. In what year did Josef Hofmann play 255 different works in twenty-one concerts without repeating any?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1912.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what decade did America discourage pupils away from European schools like Paris Conservatoire?

2. Where was Annette Essipoff from?

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

4. In what year did Louis Moreau Gottschalk die?

5. Where did Frédéric Chopin die?

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