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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. Where did Frédéric Chopin die?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Oslo.
(d) Vienna.

2. In what year did Sigismond Thalberg debut in New York and play fifty-six concerts?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1803.
(d) 1845.

3. What pianist wrote music that took "remarkable stretch" and "peculiar hand formation" to reach his left-hand extensions?
(a) Adolf von Henselt.
(b) Muzio Clementi.
(c) Bartolomeo Cristofori.
(d) John Field.

4. What musical instrument consists of one or more sets of pipes sounded by means of compressed air, played by means of one or more keyboards, and capable of producing a wide range of musical effects?
(a) Lute.
(b) Clavichord.
(c) Organ.
(d) Harpsichord.

5. Where was Ignacy Jan Paderewski from?
(a) Poland.
(b) France.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Two Hungarian countesses wrestled to the ground over what object belonging to Franz Liszt?

2. What is a term used to describe various tools invented to help young piano students learn and practice that included a chiroplast, guide-mains, dactylion to suspend fingers on springs, pocket hand exerciser, and technicon among others that promised perfection with less work?

3. In what year was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born?

4. Chopin considered Bach and who to be the only two great composers?

5. Which student of Franz Liszt is described as having musical skill that was mostly telling tales published in "Music Study in Germany"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author write about the style of early musical composition on the piano in the Preface? How did advancements take place?

2. Which of Liszt's students was considered his equal? How did students seek Liszt to teach them?

3. What female students of Franz Liszt are described in Chapter XVII, The Children of the Abbe? What were their attributes?

4. What students of Leschetizky are described in Chapter XXIII, Some of the Leschetizky Group?

5. Who was Eugene d'Albert? What does the author write of his musical contributions?

6. Describe the early life and career of Mozart. How old was he when he first performed musically?

7. What four pianists are described in Chapter VII, From Ireland to Bohemia? Who is noted as the best of the group?

8. What was the nickname of Sigismond Thalberg? Why?

9. What relationship did Chopin share with Franz Liszt? How did they meet?

10. How does the author describe changes in playing techniques in Chapter VI, In the Interim? Who initiated these adaptations?

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