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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Cage question about Erik Satie?
(a) His death.
(b) His relevance.
(c) If they ever met.
(d) Who should take credit for his work.

2. "Edgard Varese" was first published in what city?
(a) Paris.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Stockholm.
(d) New York City.

3. What university published Cage's book of lectures and essays?
(a) Wesleyan.
(b) Parsons.
(c) Sarah Lawrence.
(d) Yale.

4. In what year were all three parts of "Composition as Process" given?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1945.

5. In the "Strategy" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term does Cage say "may be controlled or not, as one chooses"?
(a) Method.
(b) Form.
(c) Material.
(d) Structure.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was "Composition: To Describe the Process of Composition Used in 'Music for Piano" first published?

2. Cage recalls his Aunt Marge saying she loved what more than her husband?

3. "Forerunners of Modern Music" was first published in what year?

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

5. Who wrote "Psychology--never again"?

(see the answer key)

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