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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. What album does George Martin cite, in Chapter 12, as the classic example of what a talented amateur can achieve with multi-track recording?
2. George Martin wrote the musical score for which Michael Caine film, following the success of "Yellow Submarine"?
3. George Martin states, throughout "All You Need Is Ears", that major change comes to the recording industry at what general interval of time?
4. The song, "Pepperland Laid Waste", appears on which Beatles album?"
5. In Chapter 8, in George Martin's layer cake metaphor, what was the third layer in a four-track recording?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 11, George Martin expresses his naivety regarding what activities of the Beatles?
2. In what way was the construction of the first AIR studio innovative, as described in Chapter 14?
3. For the film, "The Family Way", what sort of tune did George Martin ask Paul McCartney to write, and what strategy did he employ when Paul McCartney was slow to comply?
4. How did Capitol Records come to take on the Beatles' records, even though they resisted at first?
5. What was the first film scored by George Martin, and why does he refer to the process as a nightmare?
6. In the song, "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite", how did George Martin achieve his complex hurdy-gurdy effect?
7. Describe the early founding of AIR, Associated Independent Recording.
8. What difficulties were presented by John Lennon's request that George Martin fuse together two unique versions of "Strawberry Fields Forever"?
9. How is a click track used in scoring a film?
10. 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?
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
Although "All You Need Is Ears" is an autobiography, the technique of foreshadowing is sometimes used by George Martin. For example, Chapters 1 and 2 both end with strong hints of what will happen in Chapter 3: the beginning of George Martin's career in the recording industry. What other examples of foreshadowing occur in the book?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss George Martin's choices, regarding what to include and what to exclude from "All You Need Is Ears". For example, he includes a lengthy description, in Chapter 5, about how he destroyed EMI's relationship with a lesser-known artist, the conductor of The Scottish Festival of Male Voice Praise, and yet he makes no mention of the milestone event, the breakup of the Beatles.
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