(i) Why was the young man not happy about the concert?
(a) He was too tired.
(b) He loved classical music.
(c) He did not understand classical music.
(ii) Who asked the young man if he liked Bach, and why?
(a) The hostess out of curiosity.
(b) Albert Einstein to introduce him to classical music.
(c) The young man asked himself.
(iii) How did the young man prove he was not tone-deaf?
(a) By reciting a poem.
(b) By singing back a Bing Crosby song.
(c) By playing the piano.
(iv) What did Einstein consider "the greatest activity of which a human being is capable"?
(a) Listening to classical music.
(b) Opening up the frontiers of beauty.
(c) Solving mathematical problems.
(v) Why did the hostess give the young man a cold look at the end of the concert?
(a) Because the young man fell asleep.
(b) Because he did not clap sincerely.
(c) Because she thought they had missed the concert.
(i) The young man thought he was ______________ and did not understand classical music.
(ii) Einstein compared learning music to learning ______________.
(iii) Einstein considered "opening up the frontiers of ______________" to be the greatest activity.
(iv) The young man liked music with words and a tune he could ______________.
(v) The hostess gave the young man a cold look because she thought they had missed the ______________.
Match the items from Column A to their corresponding items in Column B.
(i) The young man loved classical music.
(ii) Einstein believed that opening up the frontiers of beauty was the greatest activity.
(iii) The hostess gave the young man a cold look because he fell asleep during the concert.
(iv) The young man proved he was not tone-deaf by playing the piano.
(v) Albert Einstein was a famous musician.
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