By Aziz Inan
1. What year was Frédéric (François) Chopin born?
(a) 1710
(b) 1735
(c) 1760
(d) 1810
(e) 1860
2. Near what city was Chopin born?
(a) Dresden
(b) Paris
(c) Prague
(d) Vienna
(e) Warsaw
3. Chopin's father, Mikolaj Chopin, was originally from what country?
(a) Austria
(b) Czechoslovakia
(c) France
(d) Poland
(e) Russia
4. How many siblings did Chopin have?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
(e) 5
5. At what age did Chopin publish his first music composition?
(a) 7
(b) 10
(c) 13
(d) 16
(e) 19
6. Which musical instrument did Chopin play?
(a) Flute
(b) Guitar
(c) Harp
(d) Piano
(e) Violin
7. Approximately how many music compositions did Chopin write?
(a) 100
(b) 150
(c) 200
(d) 250
(e) 300
8. Which of the following musicians did Chopin never meet?
(a) Ludwig van Beethoven
(b) Vincenzo Bellini
(c) Franz Liszt
(d) Felix Mendelssohn
(e) Robert Schumann
9. In which era is Chopin known to be the best composer of the musical instrument he played?
(a) Baroque
(b) Classical
(c) Romantic
(d) Contemporary
(e) Impressionist
10. How did Chopin mostly earn his living?
(a) As a courier
(b) As a lawyer
(c) As a soldier
(d) Private piano classes
(e) Music performances
11. Which of the following is Chopin's composition?
(a) Revolutionary Etude (Op. 10, No. 12 in C minor)
(b) Heroic Polonaise (in A-flat major, Op. 53)
(c) Funeral March Sonata No. 2 (in B-flat minor, Op. 35)
(d) Fantaisie-Impromptu (in C-sharp minor, Op. 66)
(e) All of the above
12. Why did Chopin compose Revolutionary Etude in 1831?
(a) For his friend Maria
(b) To express his support for the Russian authority
(c) To express his distress that November Uprising was crushed by the Russian authority
(d) For his friend Franz Liszt
(e) None of the above
13."Hats off, gentlemen. A genius!" Who hailed Chopin with this famous remark?
(a) Franz Peter Schubert
(b) Robert Schumann
(c) Franz Liszt
(d) Hector Berlioz
(e) Vincenzo Bellini
14. Which of the following is true about Chopin?
(a) The style of his compositions, especially his Polonaises and Mazurkas, is strongly influenced by the folk music of his homeland
(b) He enjoyed giving public concerts throughout his life
(c) He was a generally healthy person throughout his life
(d) Chopin didn't have a strong feeling for his nationality
(e) Chopin never saw his parents after he left his homeland
15. About how long did Chopin live with his female friend, Aurora Dupin (better known by her pseudonym, George Sand)?
(a) 2 months
(b) 1 year
(c) 3 years
(d) 10 years
(e) 20 years
16. What was George Sand's profession?
(a) Baker
(b) Musician
(c) Music teacher
(d) Novelist
(e) Seamstress
17. In what city did Chopin give his last concert?
(a) Edinburgh
(b) Manchester
(c) Munich
(d) Paris
(e) Vienna
18. Which of the following did Chopin request as a wish after his death?
(a) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem be sung at his funeral
(b) All his unfinished work be destroyed
(c) His heart be buried in his homeland
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the above
19. On what day did Chopin die?
(a) October 18, 1769
(b) October 18, 1799
(c) October 17, 1829
(d) October 17, 1849
(e) October 17, 1869
20. At what age did Chopin die?
(a) 19
(b) 29
(c) 39
(d) 49
(e) 59
21. What is believed to be the cause of Chopin's death?
(a) Cholera
(b) Heart failure
(c) Lead poisoning
(d) Pneumonia
(e) Tuberculosis
22. In what city is Chopin's body buried?
(a) Dresden
(b) Paris
(c) Salzburg
(d) Vienna
(e) Warsaw
23. In which cemetery is Chopin's body buried?
(a) Powazkowski (Warsaw)
(b) St. Marx (Vienna)
(c) Père Lachaise (Paris)
(d) St. Sebastian (Salzburg)
(e) Zentral Friedhof (Vienna)
24. In what city has Chopin's heart been kept since his death?
(a) Dresden
(b) Paris
(c) Prague
(d) Vienna
(e) Warsaw
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