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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XXXVI through XXXVIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Liszt have rooms between Weimar and Budapest?
(a) The Vatican.
(b) The Lourvre.
(c) Buckingham Palace.
(d) Dublin, Ireland.

2. What refers to an early keyboard instrument producing a soft sound by means of metal blades attached to the inner ends of the keys gently striking the strings?
(a) Organ.
(b) Lute.
(c) Harpsichord.
(d) Clavichord.

3. In what year was Henri Herz born?
(a) 1803.
(b) 1779.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1911.

4. At what age did Glenn Gould begin playing piano?
(a) 9.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

5. Who did Isaac Albeniz audition for in Budapest?
(a) Franz Liszt.
(b) Alexander Scriabin.
(c) Claude Debussy.
(d) Claudio Arrau.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Leopold Godowsky suffer a stroke?

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

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

4. Where was the pianist Ernest Hutcheson from?

5. Chopin's music was critiqued as exotic or even insane for its "bold dissonance and strange _____."

(see the answer key)

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