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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What country did Cage's dad falsely say the family would visit?
(a) New Zealand.
(b) France.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Japan.

3. What grade was Cage in when his dad mentioned a trip to another country, which never happened?
(a) 3rd.
(b) 6th.
(c) 5th.
(d) 4th.

4. In what year was "Composition: To Describe the Process of Composition Used in 'Music for Piano" first published?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1957.

5. According to Cage, "Forerunners of Modern Music" was translated into another language by whom?
(a) John Mansell.
(b) Carlos Hernandez.
(c) Frederick Goldbeck.
(d) Marcel Connor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion influenced Cage?

2. In the "Strategy" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term does Cage say "may be planned or improvised"?

3. In the "Definitions" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term is music's "divisibility into successive parts from phrases to long sections"?

4. One of the questions Cage asked in "Composition as Process--3" was if anyone had seen this man lately?

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

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