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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cage recalls his Aunt Marge saying she loved what more than her husband?
(a) Her television.
(b) Her washing machine.
(c) Her dog.
(d) Her car.

2. What religion influenced Cage?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Hinduism.
(c) Islam.
(d) Buddhism.

3. According to Cage's essay on him, Erik Satie was told he would "see" when he was how old?
(a) 70.
(b) 80.
(c) 50.
(d) 60.

4. Who asked Cage to discuss his "Music of Changes"?
(a) Wolfgang Steinecke.
(b) Henri Pousseur.
(c) Luciano Berio.
(d) Franco Evangelisti.

5. According to Cage's essay, Erik Satie said he was tired of dying of what?
(a) The flu.
(b) Boredom.
(c) A broken heart.
(d) Lung cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the "Strategy" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term does Cage say "may be controlled or not, as one chooses"?

2. Cage and his wife moved to New York from where?

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

4. According to Cage's essay on him, Erik Satie said who was not clumsy in his publicity?

5. What composer wrote "Duo II for Pianists"?

(see the answer key)

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