Correct answers are marked with  below.

1. Joseph Parry was born in
a. Caernarfon
b. Yr Wyddgrug
c. Betws-y-Coed
d. Merthyr Tudful 
e. Caerdydd

2. One of the first of Joseph's music teachers later became his brother-in-law. Who was he?
a. Robert James 
b. Daniel Pritchard
c. David Morgan
d. Jack Jones
e. Dulais Rhys

3. At what age did Joseph begin work in the Roblins Mine in Wales?
a. eight
b. nine 
c. ten
d. eleven
e. twelve

4. When Joseph left Wales to go to the United States in 1854, who went with him?
a. no one: he went alone.
b. his father, mother, brother, and 3 sisters.
c. his mother and sisters
d. his mother, brother, and 2 sisters 
e. his three sisters

5. The Parry family home in Pennsylvania was located in
a. Danville 
b. Scranton
c. Philadelphia
d. Pittsburg
e. Harrisburg

6. In Pennsylvania Joseph worked in a
a. coal mine
b. feed mill
c. iron-rolling mill 
d. oil refinery
e. general store

7. John Abel Jones was Joseph's music teacher when he was a teenager. How much did Joseph pay for his weekly lesson?
a. Nothing: it was part of the Sunday School curriculum.
b. 5 cents
c. 10 cents
d. 25 cents 
e. 50 cents

8. What is notable about "A Temperance Vocal March"?
a. Joseph composed it and won an eisteddfod prize for it. 
b. Joseph played it in this first public concert in the USA.
c. It inspired Joseph's first composition.
d. It was the most popular secular tune when Joseph arrived in Pennsylvania.
e. Joseph translated the English words accompanying the march into Welsh.

9. The money for Joseph's formal musical education leading to his Bachelor of Music Degree came mostly from
a. prizes he won in musical competitions.
b. a legacy from a wealthy Welsh-American philanthropist.
c. a fund raised in Wales and in America. 
d. his personal savings.
e. the congregation of the church for which he was organist.

10. In 1862 Joseph married a Danville woman of Welsh ancestry named
a. Jane Thomas 
b. Mary Evans
c. Myfanwy Williams
d. Elizabeth Jones
e. Edna Humphreys

11. Joseph and his wife had this number of children who survived infancy:
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5 
e. 7

12. Where did Joseph study for his Bachelor of Music degree?
a. Philadelphia
b. New York
c. Abertawe
d. Aberystwyth
e. London 

13. After finishing his Bachelor of Music degree Joseph
a. began studies for a doctoral degree immediately.
b. began a music school in Danville, PA. 
c. toured Europe and the USA for several years.
d. taught music in Wales.
e. beame organist for a church in Caerdydd.

14. When Joseph was inducted into the Gorsedd of Bards of the National Eisteddfod, he took the bardic name
a. Bachgen Bach o Ferthyr
b. Yr Ehedydd
c. Y Mab Gwalia
d. Pencerdd America 
e. Hedd Wyn

15. He was the first professor of music at the University of Wales at Aberystwyth but left the position several years later
a. because of personality conflicts with university officials. 
b. to complete his Doctor of Music degree.
c. to return to the USA to live and work.
d. to make more money as a full-time composer.
e. to manage the production of his first opera.

16. The most popular of his hymn tunes sung at recent cymanfaoedd in Wisconsin has been
a. Nebuchadnezzar
b. Calon Lân
c. Bryn Myrddin
d. Aberystwyth 
e. Gwahoddiad

17. For a period of time while living in Wales, each Sunday afternoon he
a. performed an organ concert at his local chapel.
b. wrote a chapter of his memoirs.
c. played piano duets with his oldest son.
d. worked on a Welsh opera.
e. composed a hymn tune. 

18. Pictures of Joseph as an adult show him
a. clean shaven.
b. with a mustache. 
c. with a beard and mustache.
d. with long curly hair.
e. with short straight hair.

19. Tragically, the last few years of his life were saddened by
a. the death of his wife.
b. the death of his youngest daughter.
c. the death of both daughters.
d. the death of two sons. 
e. the loss of the family home in a fire.

20. In what year did Joseph Parry die?
a. 1899
b. 1903 
c. 1906
d. 1913
e. 1917

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