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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does George Martin describe as one of his biggest hurts, during the Pepper era?
(a) Paul McCartney found someone else to score "She's Leaving Home", because of a minor scheduling conflict.
(b) John Lennon found someone else to score "Day in the Life", because of a minor scheduling conflict.
(c) He was not invited to be on the cover of the "Sergeant Pepper" album.
(d) He and his first wife divorced.

2. When George Martin was a child, his grandmother lived where?
(a) Liverpool.
(b) Paris.
(c) Ipswich.
(d) Holloway.

3. The Beatles first signed with which publisher in America?
(a) Brian Epstein.
(b) Dick Clark.
(c) Pete Best.
(d) Dick James.

4. What was the profession of George Martin's father?
(a) Baker.
(b) Carpenter.
(c) Actor.
(d) Musician.

5. Who was the first president of the London Baroque Society?
(a) Peter Ustinov.
(b) Oscar Preuss.
(c) George Martin.
(d) Dr. Karl Oskar.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, in George Martin's layer cake metaphor, what was the second layer in a four-track recording?

2. In 1964, what function did Neil Aspinall perform for the Beatles?

3. In the recording industry, what does the acronym ADT stand for?

4. The composer Bach trudged hundreds of miles in a failed attempt to meet which other musician, according to George Martin in Chapter 2?

5. What was the first difference George Martin noticed at Capitol Studios in America, as compared to Abbey Road, as described in Chapter 8?

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