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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cage commissioned a school's P.E. department to play his music to accompany what?
(a) Tap dance performances.
(b) Cross country races.
(c) Rugby games.
(d) Aquatic ballet performances.

2. According to Cage, it would be act of charity for people to do what when they come across Erik Satie's records?
(a) Steal them.
(b) Smash them.
(c) Give them as gifts.
(d) Buy them.

3. In the introduction to "Four Statements on the Dance," Cage recalls commissioning the P.E. department at what school to play his music?
(a) NYU.
(b) FSC.
(c) UGA.
(d) UCLA.

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

5. Who did Erik Satie describe as stupid and weak, according to Cage's essay on him?
(a) Cage.
(b) God.
(c) His father.
(d) His former mentor.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "Experimental Music" first printed?

2. In "Where Are We Going? And What Are We Doing?" Cage recalls going to a Candlelight Concert for what holiday?

3. Cage attended a party to which he was not invited and caused the hostess to fetch what drink from the basement?

4. How much time elapsed between the two times Yun Kiang met a man acting like an animal?

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

(see the answer key)

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