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1. What is the twentieth-century term that is used to refer in general to organs like the ones built in north Germany in the seventeenth century? (The term refers to a specific principle of balance between divisions. Please begin the word with a capital letter.)

2. In a seventeenth-century north German organ that has an 8' Prinzipal on the Hauptwerk, what would the pitch of the Rückpositiv Prinzipal be?

1. 8'
2. 4'
3. 2'
4. Any one of the above.
5. None of the above.
6. I have no idea.

3. In a seventeenth-century north German organ that has an 8' Prinzipal on the Hauptwerk, what would the pitch of the Brustwerk Prinzipal be?

1. 8'
2. 4'
3. 2'
4. Any one of the above.
5. None of the above.
6. I have no idea.

4. In a seventeenth-century north German organ that has an 8' Prinzipal on the Hauptwerk, what would the pitch of the Pedal Prinzipal be?

1. 32'
2. 16'
3. 8'
4. Any one of the above.
5. None of the above.
6. I have no idea.

5. In a Werkprinzip organ, where were the pipes of the pedal division located?

1. In the Brustwerk.
2. In Pedal towers.
3. In both locations.
4. In neither of these locations.
5. I have no idea.

6. In a Werkprinzip organ, what distinguishes the sound of the principal chorus on the Hauptwerk from that on the Rückpositiv?

1. Pitch.
2. Volume.
3. Placement.
4. All of the above.
5. None of the above.
6. I have no idea.

7. The typical Werkprinzip organ contains no vestiges of the pre-seventeenth-century past in its pedal division.

1. True
2. False
3. I have no idea.

8. In a typical three-manual Werkprinzip organ, which division would contain the secondary principal chorus.

1. Hauptwerk
2. Rückpositiv
3. Brustwerk
4. Swell
5. Récit

9. In a typical three-manual Werkprinzip organ, which divisions would be likely to include short-length, cylindrical resonator reeds in their stoplists. (You may check as many as you wish.)

1. Hauptwerk
2. Rückpositiv
3. Brustwerk
4. Swell
5. Récit

10. In a typical three-manual Werkprinzip organ, which division might not include a principal chorus. (Check only one.)

1. Hauptwerk
2. Rückpositiv
3. Brustwerk
4. I have no idea.