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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who composed "Exercises de piano"?
(a) Webern.
(b) Pousseur.
(c) Schubert.
(d) Butor.

2. Who does Cage thank at the end of his foreword?
(a) Richard K. Winslow.
(b) Ernest Bloch.
(c) Leonard Bernstein.
(d) Benjamin Britten.

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

4. Cage and his friend accidentally steal what item of clothing from a party to which he was not invited?
(a) A coat.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Socks.
(d) A tie.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Cage recalls going to the Bolshoi Ballet with whom?

2. What was Cage's wife's name?

3. "Forerunners of Modern Music" was first published in what year?

4. When was "Experimental Music" first presented?

5. All three parts of "Composition as Process" were given in what country?

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