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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What country did Cage's dad falsely say the family would visit?
(a) New Zealand.
(b) Mexico.
(c) France.
(d) Japan.

2. Cage had a method for bringing about unpredictability where he tossed coins how many times?
(a) Two times.
(b) Six times.
(c) Four times.
(d) Three times.

3. In what year was "Composition: To Describe the Process of Composition Used in 'Music for Piano" first published?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1946.

4. In the "Strategy" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term does Cage say "is properly mind-controlled"?
(a) Method.
(b) Form.
(c) Material.
(d) Structure.

5. Who translated "Composition: To Describe the Process of Composition Used in 'Music for Piano" into another language?
(a) David Tudor.
(b) Christian Wolff.
(c) Earle Brown.
(d) Morton Feldman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What grade did Cage get in a college class the first time he wrote in the manner of Gertrude Stein?

2. According to Cage's essay, Erik Satie said he was tired of dying of what?

3. In what month were all three parts of "Composition as Process" given?

4. All three parts of "Composition as Process" were given in what country?

5. Cage recalls going to the Bolshoi Ballet with whom?

(see the answer key)

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