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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Beatles song was the first to reach number one in America?
(a) "Yesterday".
(b) "Ticket to Ride".
(c) "She Loves You".
(d) "I Want to Hold Your Hand".

2. In Chapter 1, Eric Harrison advised George Martin to do what?
(a) Reenlist in the Fleet Air Arm.
(b) Audition before the Committee for the Promotion of New Music.
(c) Send some of his compositions to the Committee for the Promotion of New Music.
(d) Reenlist in the Royal Air Arm.

3. In Chapter 1, which two songs did George Martin want the Beatles to record in a foreign language?
(a) "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "Yesterday".
(b) "She Loves You" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand".
(c) "Yesterday" and "Ticket to Ride".
(d) "Ticket to Ride" and "She Loves You".

4. At what age did George Martin join his sister at a convent school?
(a) Seven.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Eight.

5. What, according to George Martin, is the real wonder of music and orchestration?
(a) You can actually paint sound.
(b) Everyone hears notes differently.
(c) Music is the common language of all people.
(d) Notes on the page become sound in the ear.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. George Martin guesses he was how old when his family got a piano?

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

4. George Martin's fairy godfather helped him to gain admission to which school?

5. Chapter 1 begins with George Martin waking up where?

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