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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XI through XIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter VI, In the Interim describes the last two decades of what century?
(a) 18th.
(b) 17th.
(c) 19th.
(d) 16th.

2. Old Arpeggio recommended pressing the keys with energy and vigor rather than striking them and kneading tender passages with "fingers of" what?
(a) Glass.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Silk.
(d) Velvet.

3. What term refers to a group of eight interrelated notes?
(a) Octave.
(b) Sonata.
(c) Chord.
(d) Scale.

4. What is the term used to describe an elegant drawing room used in formal receptions that is different in layout and size than a public hall or auditorium used for concerts?
(a) Studio.
(b) Concerto.
(c) Salon.
(d) Stage.

5. When was Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber born?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1802.
(c) 1786.
(d) 1756.

Short Answer Questions

1. What pianist never played in public but stayed in Vienna to teach pupils and compose over a thousand published works?

2. What pianist was born en route between Cassel and Berlin and played with most superficial brilliance?

3. Chopin's music was critiqued as exotic or even insane for its "bold dissonance and strange _____."

4. Who was the first great pianist who made a clear break with classicism to set romantic pianism on its course?

5. In what year did Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart die?

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