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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What grade did Cage get in a college class the first time he wrote in the manner of Gertrude Stein?
(a) F.
(b) C.
(c) A.
(d) B.

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

5. When was "Experimental Music" first presented?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1957.

Short Answer Questions

1. What composer wrote "Indices"?

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

3. What university published Cage's book of lectures and essays?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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