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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the "Definitions" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term is "sound and silence"?
(a) Method.
(b) Structure.
(c) Material.
(d) Form.

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

3. Who wrote "Psychology--never again"?
(a) Christa Wolf.
(b) Wolfram von Eschenbach.
(c) Franz Kafka.
(d) Gero von Wilpert.

4. In an after-note to "Lecture on Nothing," the author recalls the way in which he convinced a sound technician that he sounded like whom?
(a) Mozart.
(b) David Tudor.
(c) Bach.
(d) Mondrian.

5. What was the name of Cage's dentist, as stated in his story after "In This Day..."?
(a) Dr. Adams.
(b) Dr. Heyman.
(c) Dr. Harrison.
(d) Dr. Crogan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "Quantitaten"?

2. What was Cage's wife's name?

3. "Lecture on Nothing" was originally printed in what publication?

4. In an after-note to "Lecture on Nothing," the author gets the audience to stop asking questions by answering with how many standardized answers?

5. What grade was Cage in when his dad mentioned a trip to another country, which never happened?

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