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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote "Psychology--never again"?
(a) Christa Wolf.
(b) Wolfram von Eschenbach.
(c) Gero von Wilpert.
(d) Franz Kafka.

2. When was "Experimental Music" first presented?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1954.

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

4. According to Cage, "Forerunners of Modern Music" was translated into what other language?
(a) French.
(b) Italian.
(c) German.
(d) Spanish.

5. When was "The Future of Music: Credo" first printed?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1934.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Cage thank at the end of his foreword?

2. Who asked Cage to discuss his "Music of Changes"?

3. What country did Cage's dad falsely say the family would visit?

4. What was the occupation of the person Cage thanks at the end of his foreword?

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

(see the answer key)

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