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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the "Definitions" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term is "the means of controlling the continuity from note to note"?
(a) Material.
(b) Method.
(c) Structure.
(d) Form.

2. When is Cage's foreword dated?
(a) June 1961.
(b) July 1962.
(c) May 1959.
(d) April 1958.

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

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

5. What was Cage's wife's name?
(a) Sonia.
(b) Xenia.
(c) Rhoda.
(d) Fiona.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Cage, what was the method for bringing about unpredictability?

2. What composer wrote "Duo II for Pianists"?

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

4. In the "Definitions" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term is "content, the continuity"?

5. Who said, "John, I dearly love you, but I can't bear another minute"?

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