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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What country did Cage's dad falsely say the family would visit?
(a) New Zealand.
(b) Japan.
(c) Mexico.
(d) France.

2. In the "Definitions" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term is music's "divisibility into successive parts from phrases to long sections"?
(a) Material.
(b) Structure.
(c) Form.
(d) Method.

3. According to Cage's essay, Erik Satie said he was tired of dying of what?
(a) Boredom.
(b) Lung cancer.
(c) A broken heart.
(d) The flu.

4. "Music of Changes" was originally written for what instrument?
(a) Bass.
(b) Violin.
(c) Piano.
(d) Flute.

5. Yun Kiang met a man who acted like what animal?
(a) A bird.
(b) A cat.
(c) A dog.
(d) A rabbit.

6. Cage had a method for bringing about unpredictability where he tossed coins how many times?
(a) Six times.
(b) Three times.
(c) Four times.
(d) Two times.

7. "Forerunners of Modern Music" was first published in what year?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1946.

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

9. How long had Erik Satie been dead when Cage wrote an essay about him?
(a) Over 30 years.
(b) Over 50 years.
(c) Over 10 years.
(d) Over 100 years.

10. Cage recalls going to the Bolshoi Ballet with whom?
(a) M. C. Richards.
(b) David Tudor.
(c) Erik Satie.
(d) Arnold Schoenberg.

11. When was "Experimental Music" first printed?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1961.

12. What was the occupation of the person Cage thanks at the end of his foreword?
(a) Bank teller.
(b) Professor of music.
(c) Sound mixer.
(d) Radio disc jockey.

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

14. The essay "Composition: To Describe the Process of Composition Used in 'Music of Changes' and 'Imaginary Landscape No. 4'" was originally published in what year?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1945.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What grade did Cage get in a college class the first time he wrote in the manner of Gertrude Stein?

2. What would Cage rather do than write about Erik Satie?

3. According to Cage, it would be act of charity for people to do what when they come across Erik Satie's records?

4. One of the questions Cage asked in "Composition as Process--3" was if anyone had seen this man lately?

5. All three parts of "Composition as Process" were given in what country?

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