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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. What Australian pianist hiked to concerts with a knapsack and was one of the most gifted pianists of the 20th century?
(a) Alfred Grunfeld.
(b) Vassily Sapellnikoff.
(c) Percy Grainger.
(d) Moriz Rosenthal.

2. Where was the musician Glenn Gould from?
(a) Germany.
(b) The United States.
(c) Canada.
(d) France.

3. In what year did Isaac Albeniz go to San Francisco before returning to Europe?
(a) 1874.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1905.

4. In what year did Johannes Sebastian Bach die?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1750.
(c) 1802.
(d) 1740.

5. 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) Harpsichord.
(b) Clavichord.
(c) Lute.
(d) Organ.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Austrian child prodigy made his first appearance in public in 1800 playing a Mozart piano concerto?

2. When was Johann Hummel born?

3. How old was Glenn Gould when he died?

4. What musician debuted in 1906 America and amazed other pianists with his "quasi-glissando" that seemed impossible?

5. In what year was the piano invented?

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