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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote "Quantitaten"?
(a) Bo Nilsson.
(b) Karlheinz Stockhausen.
(c) Ottorino Respighi.
(d) Pierre Boulez.

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

3. In what month were all three parts of "Composition as Process" given?
(a) September.
(b) May.
(c) January.
(d) July,

4. What male author did Cage ask Dr. Suzuki about at dinner?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) George Orwell.
(c) Kurt Vonnegut.
(d) Graham Greene.

5. What group asked Cage whether the American avant-garde followed the same direction as the European one?
(a) The Austrians.
(b) The Belgians.
(c) The Polish.
(d) The Germans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asked Cage why he did not give a conventional and informative lecture?

2. In what year were all three parts of "Composition as Process" given?

3. Who asked Cage to discuss his "Music of Changes"?

4. What composer wrote "Intersection 3"?

5. Cage presented "Lecture on Nothing" at a club on what street?

(see the answer key)

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