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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cage presented "Lecture on Nothing" at a club on what street?
(a) Eleventh.
(b) Ninth.
(c) Eighth.
(d) Tenth.

2. Cage and his wife moved to New York from where?
(a) Boston.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Richmond.
(d) New Orleans.

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

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

5. What grade did Cage get in a college class the first time he wrote in the manner of Gertrude Stein?
(a) A.
(b) B.
(c) C.
(d) F.

Short Answer Questions

1. What grade was Cage in when his dad mentioned a trip to another country, which never happened?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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