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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what state was "The Future of Music: Credo" first printed?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) California.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) New York.

2. What is different about the type Cage uses for "Composition as Process--2: Indeterminacy"?
(a) It is large.
(b) It is small.
(c) The font changes half way through.
(d) No punctuation is used.

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

4. In the "Definitions" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term is music's "divisibility into successive parts from phrases to long sections"?
(a) Method.
(b) Material.
(c) Form.
(d) Structure.

5. Who did Yun Kiang meet while rambling to the east?
(a) Kwang Tse.
(b) Ming Yao.
(c) Hung Mung.
(d) Kuong Chuo.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who translated "Composition: To Describe the Process of Composition Used in 'Music for Piano" into another language?

3. The essay "Composition: To Describe the Process of Composition Used in 'Music of Changes' and 'Imaginary Landscape No. 4'" was originally published in as part of what publication?

4. What college was Cage attending when he took a course where he wrote in the manner of Gertrude Stein?

5. Into what language was "Composition: To Describe the Process of Composition Used in 'Music for Piano" translated?

(see the answer key)

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