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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cage recalls going to the Bolshoi Ballet with whom?
(a) Erik Satie.
(b) Arnold Schoenberg.
(c) M. C. Richards.
(d) David Tudor.

2. One of the questions Cage asked in "Composition as Process--3" was if anyone had seen this man lately?
(a) Christian Wolff.
(b) Arnold Schoenberg.
(c) Meister Eckhardt.
(d) David Tudor.

3. "The Future of Music: Credo" was first printed to accompany a recording from whom?
(a) Samuel Sawnee.
(b) George Avakian.
(c) Adam White.
(d) John Helen.

4. In what year were all three parts of "Composition as Process" given?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1945.

5. Cage had a method for bringing about unpredictability where he tossed coins how many times?
(a) Two times.
(b) Six times.
(c) Four times.
(d) Three times.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the "Strategy" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term does Cage say "is properly mind-controlled"?

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. What country did Cage's dad falsely say the family would visit?

4. "Forerunners of Modern Music" was first published in what journal?

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

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