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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 "The Art of the Fugue"?
(a) Ottorino Respighi.
(b) Karlheinz Stockhausen.
(c) Nikolai Medtner.
(d) Johann Sebastian Bach.

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

3. Who does Cage thank at the end of his foreword?
(a) Richard K. Winslow.
(b) Ernest Bloch.
(c) Benjamin Britten.
(d) Leonard Bernstein.

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) Structure.
(c) Form.
(d) Material.

5. What genre of art influenced Cage?
(a) Dada.
(b) New Realism.
(c) Victorian Revival.
(d) Minimalism.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Cage, "Forerunners of Modern Music" was translated into another language by whom?

3. Who composed "Exercises de piano"?

4. In what state was "Composition: To Describe the Process of Composition Used in 'Music for Piano'" first printed in English?

5. Who did Yun Kiang meet while rambling to the east?

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