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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Goal: New Music, New Dance" was first published as part of a series in what publication?
(a) Form Observer.
(b) Music Observer.
(c) Dance Observer.
(d) New Observer.

2. In the introduction to "Four Statements on the Dance," Cage recalls seeing unhappiness in what man's face because his music was rarely performed?
(a) Adolph Weiss.
(b) Virgil Thomson.
(c) Roger Sessions.
(d) Carl Ruggles.

3. In what year did Cage and Merce Cunningham begin working together?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1943.

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

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) New York City.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Palo Alto.
(d) Boston.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Forerunners of Modern Music" was first published in what year?

2. In the "Definitions" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term is "content, the continuity"?

3. Cage attended but was not invited to a party at what family's home?

4. In what state was "Composition: To Describe the Process of Composition Used in 'Music for Piano'" first printed in English?

5. Cage says what kind of music is revolution?

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