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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was "The Future of Music: Credo" first presented?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1940.

2. What was Cage's wife's name?
(a) Xenia.
(b) Rhoda.
(c) Sonia.
(d) Fiona.

3. "The Future of Music: Credo" was first printed to accompany a recording from whom?
(a) Adam White.
(b) George Avakian.
(c) Samuel Sawnee.
(d) John Helen.

4. Who does Cage thank at the end of his foreword?
(a) Ernest Bloch.
(b) Leonard Bernstein.
(c) Benjamin Britten.
(d) Richard K. Winslow.

5. What group asked Cage whether the American avant-garde followed the same direction as the European one?
(a) The Belgians.
(b) The Austrians.
(c) The Polish.
(d) The Germans.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month were all three parts of "Composition as Process" given?

2. What was the occupation of the person Cage thanks at the end of his foreword?

3. What is different about the type Cage uses for "Composition as Process--2: Indeterminacy"?

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

5. In what state was "Composition: To Describe the Process of Composition Used in 'Music for Piano'" first printed in English?

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