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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what state was "The Future of Music: Credo" first printed?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) New York.
(c) California.
(d) Louisiana.

2. Where did Cage recall taking eight children to a zoo?
(a) Bear Lake Park.
(b) Bear Mountain Lake.
(c) Bear Lake Mountain.
(d) Bear Mountain Park.

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

4. What composer wrote "Duo II for Pianists"?
(a) Morton Feldman.
(b) Christian Wolff.
(c) Julius Eastman.
(d) Earle Brown.

5. The essay "Composition: To Describe the Process of Composition Used in 'Music of Changes' and 'Imaginary Landscape No. 4'" was originally published in what city?
(a) Boston.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Palo Alto.
(d) New York City.

Short Answer Questions

1. What composer wrote "Klavierstücke XI"?

2. In the "Definitions" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term is music's "divisibility into successive parts from phrases to long sections"?

3. 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?

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

5. In what year did Cage's essay on Erik Satie first appear?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the story Cage retells of when his mother asked his father to go to church.

2. What does Cage say about finding facts on the life and work of Edgard Varese?

3. How does Cage describe the creation of "Music for Piano"?

4. Why does Cage format "Erik Satie" in a way where he and Satie never hear what the other is saying?

5. How has Cage's process of composition evolved?

6. How did painter Willem de Kooning respond when asked what painters of the past had influenced him?

7. How does Cage think most people feel about experimentation?

8. Why did Cage allow his creations to be called "experimental" after once resisting the title?

9. How does Cage feel about poetry, according to what he says in his Foreword?

10. In "Experimental Music: Doctrine," how does Cage respond when asked what he had to say about rhythm?

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