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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cage attended a party to which he was not invited and secretly drank what drink while the hostess was not looking?
(a) Coffee.
(b) White wine.
(c) Whisky.
(d) Gin.

2. What female author did Cage ask Dr. Suzuki about at dinner?
(a) Louisa May Alcott.
(b) Charlotte Brontë.
(c) Gertrude Stein.
(d) George Eliot.

3. What composer wrote "Duo II for Pianists"?
(a) Earle Brown.
(b) Julius Eastman.
(c) Morton Feldman.
(d) Christian Wolff.

4. In the introduction to "Four Statements on the Dance," Cage says Bonnie Bird had danced with whom?
(a) Martha Graham.
(b) Sophie Maslow.
(c) May O'Donnell.
(d) Jane Dudley.

5. Who said there is evil in the world "to thicken the plot"?
(a) Swami Vivekananda.
(b) Sri Chandrashekarendra.
(c) Sri Ramakrishna.
(d) Sai Baba .

Short Answer Questions

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

2. "On Robert Rauschenberg, Artist, and His Work" was completed it what year?

3. In what year did Cage and Merce Cunningham begin working together?

4. What two things does Cage say he grew up assuming were good for him?

5. When was "Experimental Music" first presented?

(see the answer key)

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