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

Multiple Choice 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"?
(a) Material.
(b) Form.
(c) Method.
(d) Structure.

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

3. Who said he loves philosophical debates because no one wins?
(a) Dr. Suzuki.
(b) Meister Eckhardt.
(c) Arnold Schoenberg.
(d) David Tudor.

4. According to Cage's essay on him, Erik Satie said who was not clumsy in his publicity?
(a) Cage.
(b) Bach.
(c) Beethoven.
(d) Mozart.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. One of the questions Cage asked in "Composition as Process--3" was if anyone had seen this man lately?

3. According to Cage, it would be act of charity for people to do what when they come across Erik Satie's records?

4. According to Cage, who had probably never given Erik Satie a thought?

5. "The Future of Music: Credo" was first printed to accompany a recording from whom?

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