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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the recording industry, what does the acronym ADT stand for?
(a) Artificial double-tracking.
(b) Auditory double-tracking.
(c) Auditory decibel tones.
(d) Artificial double-tones.

3. Which Beatle sang the title song in the James Bond film scored by George Martin?
(a) Ringo Starr.
(b) Paul McCartney.
(c) John Lennon.
(d) George Harrison.

4. Where did George Martin build his second AIR studio?
(a) Cape Cod.
(b) Yugoslavia.
(c) London.
(d) Montserrat.

5. George Martin's inspiration for AIR's second studio was The Manor, owned by whom?
(a) Rupert Neve.
(b) Richard Branson.
(c) Mike Oldfield.
(d) Phil Ramon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. George Martin wrote the musical score for which James Bond film?

3. George Martin converted a house in what New England town into a recording studio, to record Sea Train?

4. George Martin and his second wife, Judy Lockhart-Smith, attended the Beatles' fancy dress party for "Magical Mystery Tour" as what characters?

5. As described in Chapter 14, AIR built its first studio where?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why, as described in Chapter 10, did George Martin become increasingly frustrated with EMI?

2. As explained in Chapter 13, how does George Martin respond when asked how to become a successful record producer?

3. How is a click track used in scoring a film?

4. Why did the creators of the James Bond film, "Live and Let Die", want someone other than songwriter Paul McCartney to sing the title song?

5. In the song, "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite", how did George Martin achieve his complex hurdy-gurdy effect?

6. In what way was the construction of the first AIR studio innovative, as described in Chapter 14?

7. Discuss two innovations predicted by George Martin in Chapter 15 that have since become reality.

8. What difficulties were presented by John Lennon's request that George Martin fuse together two unique versions of "Strawberry Fields Forever"?

9. What does George Martin define as the golden treadmill?

10. What aspects of Dick Lester's direction does George Martin most admire, in the Beatles' film, "A Hard Day's Night"?

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