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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) M. C. Richards.
(b) Erik Satie.
(c) David Tudor.
(d) Arnold Schoenberg.

2. According to Cage, what was the method for bringing about unpredictability?
(a) R-Ching.
(b) A-Ching.
(c) L-Ching.
(d) I-Ching.

3. Who is the author of "Essay on Rime"?
(a) Samuel Gallina.
(b) Jesse Simpson.
(c) Karl Shapiro.
(d) Andrea Del Gato.

4. In the "Strategy" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term does Cage say "is properly mind-controlled"?
(a) Form.
(b) Structure.
(c) Method.
(d) Material.

5. What genre of art influenced Cage?
(a) Victorian Revival.
(b) New Realism.
(c) Minimalism.
(d) Dada.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said there is evil in the world "to thicken the plot"?

2. What group asked Cage whether the American avant-garde followed the same direction as the European one?

3. What composer wrote "The Art of the Fugue"?

4. When was "Experimental Music" first printed?

5. "Imaginary Landscape No. 4" was written for how many radios?

(see the answer key)

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