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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Forerunners of Modern Music" was first published in what journal?
(a) The Crow's Beak.
(b) The Shark's Tooth.
(c) The Lion's Paw.
(d) The Tiger's Eye.

2. According to Cage, "Forerunners of Modern Music" was translated into another language by whom?
(a) Frederick Goldbeck.
(b) Marcel Connor.
(c) John Mansell.
(d) Carlos Hernandez.

3. One of the questions Cage asked in "Composition as Process--3" was if anyone had seen this man lately?
(a) Arnold Schoenberg.
(b) Christian Wolff.
(c) David Tudor.
(d) Meister Eckhardt.

4. What would Cage rather do than write about Erik Satie?
(a) Work on his music.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Gather mushrooms.
(d) Grab a drink with friends.

5. According to Cage's essay on him, Erik Satie said who was not clumsy in his publicity?
(a) Cage.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Beethoven.
(d) Bach.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the "Definitions" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term is "sound and silence"?

2. What genre of art influenced Cage?

3. What group asked Cage whether the American avant-garde followed the same direction as the European one?

4. In what year was "Composition: To Describe the Process of Composition Used in 'Music for Piano" first published?

5. Yun Kiang met a man who acted like what animal?

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