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

2. What pianist never played in public but stayed in Vienna to teach pupils and compose over a thousand published works?
(a) Johannes Sebastian Bach.
(b) Johann Nepomuk Hummel.
(c) Ignaz Moscheles.
(d) Carl Czerny.

3. Who was considered Liszt's equal and a "living impersonation of Chopin"?
(a) Franz Liszt.
(b) Carl Tausig.
(c) Louis Moreau Gottschalk.
(d) Hans von Bulow.

4. What is the name of a term used to describe a piano playing style that was a brilliant romanticist musical approach that transcended technique and was made famous by Franz Liszt and others?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d) Bravura.

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

2. What pianist wrote music that took "remarkable stretch" and "peculiar hand formation" to reach his left-hand extensions?

3. Where was Chopin born?

4. Where was Anton Rubinstein born?

5. Harold Bauer credited his piano interest to what dancer?

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