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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cage recalls going to the Bolshoi Ballet with whom?
(a) M. C. Richards.
(b) Arnold Schoenberg.
(c) David Tudor.
(d) Erik Satie.

2. Who asked Cage why he did not give a conventional and informative lecture?
(a) Pam Ayres.
(b) M. C. Richards.
(c) Joanna Baillie.
(d) Elisaveta Bagryana.

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

4. A portion of "Composition as Process--3: Communication" was published in what publication?
(a) River Reporter.
(b) Ithaca Times.
(c) Syracuse New Times.
(d) Village Voice.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is different about the type Cage uses for "Composition as Process--2: Indeterminacy"?

2. "The Future of Music: Credo" was first printed to accompany a recording from whom?

3. In what month were all three parts of "Composition as Process" given?

4. When was "The Future of Music: Credo" first printed?

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

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