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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Cage, who had probably never given Erik Satie a thought?
(a) Nikolai Medtner.
(b) Ottorino Respighi.
(c) Karlheinz Stockhausen.
(d) Manuel de Falla.

3. Into what language was "Composition: To Describe the Process of Composition Used in 'Music for Piano" translated?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Latin.
(c) German.
(d) Italian.

4. According to Cage, it would be act of charity for people to do what when they come across Erik Satie's records?
(a) Steal them.
(b) Buy them.
(c) Give them as gifts.
(d) Smash them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long had Erik Satie been dead when Cage wrote an essay about him?

2. In what year did Cage's essay on Erik Satie first appear?

3. Cage had a method for bringing about unpredictability where he tossed how many coins?

4. "Edgard Varese" was first published in what year?

5. Each line of text in "Composition as Process--1: Changes" was meant to be read in what time period?

(see the answer key)

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