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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) 1947.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1952.

4. In what state was "Composition: To Describe the Process of Composition Used in 'Music for Piano'" first printed in English?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) New York.
(d) Ohio.

5. Cage presented "Lecture on Nothing" at a club on what street?
(a) Eighth.
(b) Eleventh.
(c) Ninth.
(d) Tenth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time elapsed between the two times Yun Kiang met a man acting like an animal?

2. Who does Cage thank at the end of his foreword?

3. Yun Kiang met a man who acted like what animal?

4. "Music of Changes" was originally written for what instrument?

5. What did Dr. Suzuki eat at dinner while everyone ate curries?

(see the answer key)

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