View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the introduction to "Four Statements on the Dance," Cage says Bonnie Bird had danced with whom?
(a) Martha Graham.
(b) Sophie Maslow.
(c) Jane Dudley.
(d) May O'Donnell.

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

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

4. What school did Merce Cunningham attend when he met Cage?
(a) The Cornish School.
(b) The Art Institute of Chicago.
(c) Pratt Institute.
(d) Otis College.

5. "Imaginary Landscape No. 4" was written for how many radios?
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 11.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. Each line of text in "Composition as Process--1: Changes" was meant to be read in what time period?

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

3. What composer wrote "The Art of the Fugue"?

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

5. Who asked Cage to discuss his "Music of Changes"?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 206 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample