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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What genre of art influenced Cage?
(a) New Realism.
(b) Victorian Revival.
(c) Dada.
(d) Minimalism.

2. Who does Cage thank at the end of his foreword?
(a) Richard K. Winslow.
(b) Ernest Bloch.
(c) Leonard Bernstein.
(d) Benjamin Britten.

3. In what publication did Cage's essay on Erik Satie first appear?
(a) Art News Annual.
(b) Art News Yearly.
(c) Art Report Annual.
(d) Art Report Yearly.

4. In what state was "Composition: To Describe the Process of Composition Used in 'Music for Piano'" first printed in English?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) New York.
(d) Maryland.

5. Who had 12 tones and governed the La Domaine Musicale, according to Cage's essay on Erik Satie?
(a) Samuel Graham.
(b) Pierre Boulez.
(c) Ronaldo Di Bucca.
(d) Thomas Mann.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "Experimental Music" first presented?

2. How long had Erik Satie been dead when Cage wrote an essay about him?

3. In the "Definitions" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term is music's "divisibility into successive parts from phrases to long sections"?

4. Cage says in his foreword that he has been writing articles and giving lectures for over how many years?

5. According to Cage's essay on him, Erik Satie was told he would "see" when he was how old?

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