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

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

3. How old was Isaac Albeniz when he debuted in 1864 Spain?
(a) 4.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 15.

4. Chopin's music was critiqued as exotic or even insane for its "bold dissonance and strange _____."
(a) Etudes.
(b) Scales.
(c) Harmonies.
(d) Sonatas.

5. What term is used to describe the late nineteenth and twentieth century disciplined style of piano playing in which the pianist reverts back to playing with strict adherence to composers' written musical note?
(a) Modernism.
(b) Neo-Classicism.
(c) Classicism.
(d) Romanticism.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Louis Moreau Gottschalk die?

3. In what year was the piano invented?

4. Paderewski did not receive systematic instruction until what age?

5. When did Louis Moreau Gottschalk return to the United States to give a New York concert?

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