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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote "Psychology--never again"?
(a) Christa Wolf.
(b) Franz Kafka.
(c) Gero von Wilpert.
(d) Wolfram von Eschenbach.

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

3. In what city did Cage first present his lecture "45' for a Speaker"?
(a) Dublin.
(b) Leeds.
(c) London.
(d) Bristol.

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

5. What religion influenced Cage?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) Hinduism.
(d) Islam.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Cage's friends obsessed over a box of spices and food that came from overseas?

2. In "Where Are We Going? And What Are We Doing?" Cage wonders why he ever lost interest in what group?

3. According to Cage, who had probably never given Erik Satie a thought?

4. Who wrote "Quantitaten"?

5. In the introduction to "Four Statements on the Dance," Cage says Bonnie Bird had danced with whom?

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