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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Edgard Varese" was first published in what year?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1949.

2. In the "Definitions" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term is "the means of controlling the continuity from note to note"?
(a) Form.
(b) Material.
(c) Structure.
(d) Method.

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

4. In what year did Cage's essay on Erik Satie first appear?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1951.

5. In an after-note to "Lecture on Nothing," the author gets the audience to stop asking questions by answering with how many standardized answers?
(a) 14.
(b) 6.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Cage recall taking eight children to a zoo?

2. In what state does Cage say he grew up?

3. Who does Cage thank at the end of his foreword?

4. Cage presented "Lecture on Nothing" at a club on what street?

5. Yun Kiang met a man who acted like what animal?

(see the answer key)

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