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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What composer wrote "Intersection 3"?
(a) Earle Brown.
(b) Morton Feldman.
(c) Christian Wolff.
(d) Julius Eastman.

2. "The Future of Music: Credo" was first printed to accompany a recording from whom?
(a) George Avakian.
(b) John Helen.
(c) Adam White.
(d) Samuel Sawnee.

3. Who composed "Exercises de piano"?
(a) Webern.
(b) Schubert.
(c) Butor.
(d) Pousseur.

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

5. What grade was Cage in when his dad mentioned a trip to another country, which never happened?
(a) 4th.
(b) 3rd.
(c) 5th.
(d) 6th.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the "Definitions" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term is music's "divisibility into successive parts from phrases to long sections"?

2. What genre of art influenced Cage?

3. "Music of Changes" was originally written for what instrument?

4. "Forerunners of Modern Music" was first published in what year?

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

(see the answer key)

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