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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) Music Observer.
(b) New Observer.
(c) Form Observer.
(d) Dance Observer.

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

3. In "45' for a Speaker," Cage compares listening to Christian Wolff's music to suddenly doing what?
(a) Sneezing.
(b) Falling asleep.
(c) Laughing.
(d) Crying.

4. 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) 1939.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1945.

5. The essay "Composition: To Describe the Process of Composition Used in 'Music of Changes' and 'Imaginary Landscape No. 4'" was originally published in as part of what publication?
(a) Four Musicians at Work.
(b) Three Musicians at Work.
(c) Six Musicians at Work.
(d) Nine Musicians at Work.

Short Answer Questions

1. Meister Eckhart said in sermons that he would like to be rid of what?

2. Cage had a method for bringing about unpredictability where he tossed coins how many times?

3. What U.S. state did Cage say is more interesting than Kansas, in "45' for a Speaker"?

4. In the introduction to "Four Statements on the Dance," Cage recalls seeing unhappiness in what man's face because his music was rarely performed?

5. In the "Definitions" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term is "sound and silence"?

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