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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the "Strategy" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term does Cage say "may be controlled or not, as one chooses"?
(a) Material.
(b) Structure.
(c) Form.
(d) Method.

2. Meister Eckhart said in sermons that he would like to be rid of what?
(a) Salvation.
(b) God.
(c) Sin.
(d) The idea of good and evil.

3. Cage and his friend received food and spices from what country?
(a) China.
(b) India.
(c) Chile.
(d) Australia.

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

5. Dr. Suzuki said after studying zen, men are men and mountains are what?
(a) Men.
(b) Gods.
(c) Mountains.
(d) Hills.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two things does Cage say he grew up assuming were good for him?

2. What school did Merce Cunningham attend when he met Cage?

3. In what month did Cage first present his lecture "45' for a Speaker"?

4. How many days did it take Cage's friend to sort through a box of spices and foods that had become mixed up in transit?

5. What was the name of Cage's dentist, as stated in his story after "In This Day..."?

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