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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Yun Kiang meet while rambling to the east?
(a) Ming Yao.
(b) Kwang Tse.
(c) Kuong Chuo.
(d) Hung Mung.

2. The essay "Composition: To Describe the Process of Composition Used in 'Music of Changes' and 'Imaginary Landscape No. 4'" was originally published in what year?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1952.

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

4. In the "Definitions" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term is "content, the continuity"?
(a) Form.
(b) Material.
(c) Structure.
(d) Method.

5. A portion of "Composition as Process--3: Communication" was published in what publication?
(a) Syracuse New Times.
(b) Ithaca Times.
(c) River Reporter.
(d) Village Voice.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the occupation of the person Cage thanks at the end of his foreword?

3. How much time elapsed between the two times Yun Kiang met a man acting like an animal?

4. The essay "Composition: To Describe the Process of Composition Used in 'Music of Changes' and 'Imaginary Landscape No. 4'" was originally published in as part of what publication?

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

(see the answer key)

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