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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Chapter 4 opens with George Martin's discussion of what, and its relationship to sound and music?
2. After his first trip to America, Brian Epstein returned with a song written by which undiscovered composer?
3. Who was the first president of the London Baroque Society?
4. While in the Fleet Air Arm, George Martin was invited to appear on which BBC program?
5. When George Martin took over Parlophone, what was the job description of Shirley Spence?
Short Essay Questions
1. Whom does George Martin consider to be his fairy godfather, and how did the two meet?
2. What were George Martin's first impressions of the Beatles when he met them for the first time at Abbey Road?
3. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what were George Martin's criticisms of what he described as a lovely villa in Portugal?
4. Why did George Martin have trouble plugging "Love Me Do", which only reached number 17 on the charts?
5. Relate one anecdote from George Martin's early career at Parlophone, as described in Chapter 3.
6. At the beginning of Chapter 1, why did the Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, call George Martin?
7. How does George Martin compare the nature of singer/songwriters in the 1950s, when he started at Parlophone, with the situation in 1979, when "All You Need Is Ears" was published?
8. Early in Chapter 1, why were the Beatles in Paris?
9. How did the Beatles come to change drummers before achieving success and fame, letting Pete Best go in favor of Ringo Starr?
10. What was George Martin's first musical love, and what did he do to understand its construction, as described in Chapter 2?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 15, George Martin laid out his predictions for the next twenty-five years in music and technology. Most of those predictions have since become reality. Since "All You Need Is Ears" was published in 1979, that twenty-five year span ended in 2004, and the next twenty-five-year span has begun. What predictions might George Martin make for this next quarter century, based on your understanding of his philosophies and knowledge?
Essay Topic 2
How did George Martin's fairy godfather, Sidney Harrison, prove to be a major, recurring influence in his life?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the formation of AIR. Detail the design and construction of its first studio in London and its residential studio in Montserrat.
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