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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 was Louis Moreau Gottschalk born?
(a) Paris.
(b) Vienna.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) London.

2. In what year did the romantic upheaval take place in music?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1754.
(d) 1830.

3. Where was Franz Liszt musical director and the location of the headquarters for "Music of the Future"?
(a) Buckingham court.
(b) Liszt court.
(c) Hammel court.
(d) Weimar court.

4. Who played difficult music fast and accurately but died in 1951 at the piano in Carnegie Hall?
(a) Franz Liszt.
(b) Claude Debussy.
(c) Simon Barrere.
(d) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

5. Which student of Franz Liszt is described as having musical skill that was mostly telling tales published in "Music Study in Germany"?
(a) Clara Schumann.
(b) Adele aus der Ohe.
(c) Amy Fay.
(d) Sophie Mentor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What school did Isaac Albeniz attend at age 15?

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

3. Ernest Hutcheson became president of what school of music?

4. What refers to an instrumental musical composition usually designed to provide practice material for perfecting a particular technical skill?

5. When did the piano become the most popular instrument to be played publicly?

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