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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What composer wrote "Duo II for Pianists"?
(a) Christian Wolff.
(b) Morton Feldman.
(c) Julius Eastman.
(d) Earle Brown.

2. "Edgard Varese" was first published in what publication?
(a) Muzica Moderna.
(b) Musical Traditions.
(c) Critical Musicology Journal.
(d) Nutida Musik.

3. Cage and his wife moved to New York from where?
(a) Boston.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Richmond.

4. What composer wrote "The Art of the Fugue"?
(a) Karlheinz Stockhausen.
(b) Johann Sebastian Bach.
(c) Ottorino Respighi.
(d) Nikolai Medtner.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. In the "Definitions" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term is "sound and silence"?

4. "The Future of Music: Credo" was first printed to accompany a recording from whom?

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

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