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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does George Martin refer to as his fairy godfather?
(a) Oscar Preuss.
(b) George Harrison.
(c) Eric Harrison.
(d) Sidney Harrison.

2. Why does George Martin say he could not have written Beatles tunes?
(a) He lacked their rhyming ability.
(b) He could not play the guitar.
(c) He lacked their ability to tell a story through song.
(d) He lacked the group's simple approach.

3. George Martin's fairy godfather helped him to gain admission to which school?
(a) Guildhall.
(b) BBC.
(c) Parlophone.
(d) Royal Symphonic.

4. What two career paths did George Martin consider before joining the Fleet Air Arm?
(a) Architecture and aircraft design.
(b) Baking and woodworking.
(c) Architecture and woodworking.
(d) Aircraft design and baking.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, George Martin wanted the Beatles to record two songs in which foreign language?

2. As described in Chapter 4, what are bass traps?

3. What was the scandal at EMI, involving sopranos Kirsten Flagstad and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf?

4. George Martin states that pop music is not a step down from classical, for what reason?

5. In Chapter 7, George Martin reflects that what decision cost him millions of pounds?

(see the answer key)

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