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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cage recalls that one of Robert Rauschenberg's paintings was destroyed by what animal?
(a) Rat.
(b) Cat.
(c) Dog.
(d) Rabbit.

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

3. Cage says the trouble with what city is its past?
(a) Los Vegas.
(b) Knoxville.
(c) Denver.
(d) Compton.

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

5. Cage says he remembered Robert Rauschenberg's black paintings from what state?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) California.
(c) Idaho.
(d) Montana.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Goal: New Music, New Dance" was first published as part of a series titled what?

2. Who had 12 tones and governed the La Domaine Musicale, according to Cage's essay on Erik Satie?

3. Cage says in his foreword that he has been writing articles and giving lectures for over how many years?

4. In what publication did Cage's essay on Erik Satie first appear?

5. In "45' for a Speaker," Cage says a trip from where he is to what country is a complex series of experiences?

(see the answer key)

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