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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 "Definitions" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term is "the means of controlling the continuity from note to note"?
(a) Form.
(b) Structure.
(c) Material.
(d) Method.

2. In "45' for a Speaker," Cage says a trip from where he is to what country is a complex series of experiences?
(a) Japan.
(b) America.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) Egypt.

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

4. What item of clothing did Cage wear to visit the dentist, which the dentist asked him to remove?
(a) Tennis shoes.
(b) A tie.
(c) A jacket.
(d) A hat.

5. 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) Form.
(c) Structure.
(d) Method.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In "45' for a Speaker" Cage says one danger for the magnetic tape is what type of music?

4. Who translated "Composition: To Describe the Process of Composition Used in 'Music for Piano" into another language?

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

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