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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Regarding orchestration, what does George Martin offer as the secret to good string writing?
(a) Writing as if for a piano, with parts for left and right hands.
(b) Writing a separate part for each musician.
(c) Writing all parts close to the piano's middle C.
(d) Writing for four parts, as if for four human voices.

2. In what year was "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" recorded?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1967.

3. During the Beatles' first visit to America, according to George Martin in Chapter 9, what did some middle-aged men on Fifth Avenue wear to show they were in tune?
(a) Collarless suits.
(b) Beatle wigs.
(c) Skinny-legged pants.
(d) Beatle t-shirts.

4. When George Martin took over Parlophone, what was the job description of Shirley Spence?
(a) Judy Lockhart-Smith's assistant.
(b) Manager.
(c) Promoter.
(d) Recording engineer.

5. Engelbert Humperdinck's single, "Release Me," prevented which double-A-side Beatles record from reaching number one?
(a) "Penny Lane" and "Paperback Writer".
(b) "Paperback Writer" and "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".
(c) "Yesterday" and "Strawberry Fields".
(d) "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields".

Short Answer Questions

1. Who created the Beatles' early image, featuring their famous haircuts?

2. Where did George Martin build his second AIR studio?

3. Regarding the family flat where George Martin lived as a boy, which of the following is true?

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

5. At the end of Chapter 1, who offered George Martin a job?

(see the answer key)

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