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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

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 all parts close to the piano's middle C.
(c) Writing for four parts, as if for four human voices.
(d) Writing a separate part for each musician.

2. What record, produced by George Martin, was the first record taken to the moon?
(a) "Icarus", by Winter Consort.
(b) "Tubular Bells", by Mike Oldfield.
(c) "Yesterday", by the Beatles.
(d) "She's Leaving Home", by the Beatles.

3. What password did the Beatles invent, to warn each other about dubious fans approaching?
(a) Cripples.
(b) Meanies.
(c) Gizmo.
(d) Pepper.

4. During the Beatles' first trip to America, why did Alan Livingston attempt to keep George Martin away from press conferences and the limelight?
(a) Alan Livingston had turned the Beatles down four separate times.
(b) Alan Livingston had turned the Beatles down three separate times.
(c) Alan Livingston thought George Martin's accent was too thick.
(d) Alan Livingston wanted to woo the Beatles away from George Martin.

5. What, for George Martin, was the main advantage of recording on two tracks instead of one?
(a) If a mistake were made on one track, the other track would compensate.
(b) Two vocalists could sing without hearing each other.
(c) Two songs could be recorded on one section of tape.
(d) The rhythms and vocals could be recorded separately.

6. What does George Martin describe as a lifetime ambition in Chapter 12, unfulfilled when the book was written?
(a) Writing music for the ballet.
(b) Becoming an Impressionist painter.
(c) Becoming a grandfather.
(d) Recording an album featuring himself as the vocalist.

7. As described in Chapter 10, why did George Martin hesitate to honor John Lennon's request to fuse two versions of "Strawberry Fields"?
(a) The equipment at Abbey Road made such a task nearly impossible.
(b) They were in different keys and different tempos.
(c) They exemplified two different musical styles.
(d) Fusing the two versions would make the song too long.

8. How, according to George Martin, does a computer multiply 17 by 32?
(a) It will multiply 10 by 32, then multiply 7 by 32, then add the results together.
(b) It will add seventeen 32s together.
(c) It will multiply 17 by 30, then multiply 17 by 2, then add the results together.
(d) It will add seventeen 30s together, then add seventeen 2s together, then combine the results.

9. As described in Chapter 14, AIR built its first studio where?
(a) A house in New England.
(b) A yacht formerly owned by the Yugoslavian government.
(c) At the top of an old department store in London, in what was once a restaurant for the gentry.
(d) A private area in the Caribbean.

10. In what city were the Beatles trapped in an overloaded elevator?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) Denver.
(c) Paris.
(d) New York.

11. Who was the first artist recorded by George Martin at AIR's first studio?
(a) Mike Oldfield.
(b) The Beatles.
(c) America.
(d) Cilla Black.

12. What three reasons does George Martin offer for some groups' desire not to work with a producer?
(a) They want the glory that comes with producing themselves; they may fear a producer will steal their ideas; and they may worry a producer will rewrite their songs.
(b) They want the glory that comes with producing themselves; they may worry a producer will rewrite their songs; and they may feel a producer will inhibit their creativity.
(c) They want the glory that comes with producing themselves; they do not want to surrender a large percentage of the profits to an outsider; and they may feel a producer will inhibit their creativity.
(d) They may fear a producer will steal their ideas; they do not want to surrender a large percentage of the profits to an outsider; and they may feel a producer will inhibit their creativity.

13. As mentioned in Chapter 12, where did George Martin first meet the then-unknown composer, Randy Newman?
(a) A party in the Caribbean.
(b) A piano bar in Los Angeles.
(c) A recording studio in London.
(d) A musical factory in Hollywood.

14. The Beatles' friend, Magic Alex, came up with what hypothetical invention to replace lights?
(a) A curtain that would glow when connected by two anodes.
(b) A spray-on wall paint that would glow when connected by two anodes.
(c) A curtain that would glow in the dark.
(d) A spray-on wall paint that would glow in the dark.

15. George Martin wrote the musical score for which Michael Caine film, following the success of "Yellow Submarine"?
(a) "Pulp".
(b) "Alfie".
(c) "Gambit".
(d) "The Man Who Would Be King".

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the dream of George Martin's childhood, as revealed in Chapter 12?

2. How far above the original floor does the studio floor at AIR's first studio float?

3. What did George Martin predict would happen soon after publication of "All You Need Is Ears", regarding holography?

4. At the British Embassy in 1964, what did one Beatle fan do to Ringo Starr?

5. George Martin states, throughout "All You Need Is Ears", that major change comes to the recording industry at what general interval of time?

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