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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Cage, "Forerunners of Modern Music" was translated into what other language?
(a) French.
(b) German.
(c) Italian.
(d) Spanish.

2. What university published Cage's book of lectures and essays?
(a) Parsons.
(b) Yale.
(c) Wesleyan.
(d) Sarah Lawrence.

3. Each line of text in "Composition as Process--1: Changes" was meant to be read in what time period?
(a) Half of a second.
(b) One second.
(c) Five seconds.
(d) Two seconds.

4. "Imaginary Landscape No. 4" was written for how many radios?
(a) 8.
(b) 11.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

5. When was "The Future of Music: Credo" first printed?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1953.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asked Cage to discuss his "Music of Changes"?

2. In the "Definitions" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term is "content, the continuity"?

3. Cage commissioned a school's P.E. department to play his music to accompany what?

4. According to Cage, who had probably never given Erik Satie a thought?

5. "Edgard Varese" was first published in what city?

(see the answer key)

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