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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XXX through XXXII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Isaac Albeniz audition for in Budapest?
(a) Claude Debussy.
(b) Franz Liszt.
(c) Claudio Arrau.
(d) Alexander Scriabin.

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

3. What musician played like a skilled de Pachmann, according to the author?
(a) Percy Grainger.
(b) Alfred Grunfeld.
(c) Vassily Sapellnikoff.
(d) Moriz Rosenthal.

4. When did Harold Bauer make his American debut?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1799.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1900.

5. What Russian pianist played Chopin's Polonaise for an amazed critic, George Bernard Shaw?
(a) Alfred Grunfeld.
(b) Moriz Rosenthal.
(c) Percy Grainger.
(d) Vassily Sapellnikoff.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname did the pianist Vladimir de Pachmann acquire?

2. Leschetizky identified three elements of being a great pianist that included being a what?

3. In what year did Josef Hofmann play 255 different works in twenty-one concerts without repeating any?

4. Where was Johann Hummel from?

5. Where was Franz Liszt musical director and the location of the headquarters for "Music of the Future"?

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