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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who asked Cage why he did not give a conventional and informative lecture?
(a) Elisaveta Bagryana.
(b) Joanna Baillie.
(c) M. C. Richards.
(d) Pam Ayres.

2. What female author did Cage ask Dr. Suzuki about at dinner?
(a) George Eliot.
(b) Gertrude Stein.
(c) Louisa May Alcott.
(d) Charlotte Brontë.

3. What composer wrote "Klavierstücke XI"?
(a) Karlheinz Stockhausen.
(b) Nikolai Medtner.
(c) Manuel de Falla.
(d) Ottorino Respighi.

4. Who accompanied Cage and eight children on a trip to a zoo?
(a) Christina Linus.
(b) Claire Austen.
(c) Barbara Lawson.
(d) Merce Cunningham.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Yun Kiang met a man who acted like what animal?

2. Cage presented "Lecture on Nothing" at a club on what street?

3. What religion influenced Cage?

4. What is different about the type Cage uses for "Composition as Process--2: Indeterminacy"?

5. A portion of "Composition as Process--3: Communication" was published in what publication?

(see the answer key)

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