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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 musical school did Anton Rubinstein found?
(a) The Vienna Conservatory.
(b) The Saint Petersburg Conservatory.
(c) The New York University School of Music.
(d) The Julliard School of Music.

2. At what age did the musician Mischa Levitzski die?
(a) 50.
(b) 62.
(c) 35.
(d) 45.

3. In what year did Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart die?
(a) 1810.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1745.
(d) 1791.

4. What term refers to a form of music also called counterpoint in which several simultaneous melodies are woven together into a harmonious whole that was fostered by Johann Sebastian Bach?
(a) Legato.
(b) Arpeggio.
(c) Fugue.
(d) Contrapuntal style.

5. When did Chopin arrive in Paris as a fully-developed composer and pianist?
(a) 1831.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1789.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the pianist Ernest Hutcheson from?

2. What is the name of a term used to describe a form of music in which themes successively repeat?

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

4. Where did Paderewski debut in 1887?

5. When was Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber born?

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