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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the "Definitions" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term is "sound and silence"?
(a) Material.
(b) Form.
(c) Method.
(d) Structure.

2. In the "Strategy" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term does Cage say "may be controlled or not, as one chooses"?
(a) Material.
(b) Method.
(c) Form.
(d) Structure.

3. Who translated "Composition: To Describe the Process of Composition Used in 'Music for Piano" into another language?
(a) Christian Wolff.
(b) Earle Brown.
(c) Morton Feldman.
(d) David Tudor.

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

5. One of the questions Cage asked in "Composition as Process--3" was if anyone had seen this man lately?
(a) Arnold Schoenberg.
(b) Meister Eckhardt.
(c) David Tudor.
(d) Christian Wolff.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Goal: New Music, New Dance" was first published as part of a series titled what?

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

3. Who said, "John, I dearly love you, but I can't bear another minute"?

4. What did Cage question about Erik Satie?

5. In the "Strategy" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term does Cage say "may be planned or improvised"?

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