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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Cage and Merce Cunningham begin working together?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1939.

2. "Forerunners of Modern Music" was first published in what year?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1946.

3. Where did Merce Cunningham study before going to New York City?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Boston.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Seattle.

4. Where did Cage recall taking eight children to a zoo?
(a) Bear Lake Park.
(b) Bear Mountain Park.
(c) Bear Mountain Lake.
(d) Bear Lake Mountain.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In what month were all three parts of "Composition as Process" given?

5. In an after-note to "Lecture on Nothing," the author recalls the way in which he convinced a sound technician that he sounded like whom?

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