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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said there is evil in the world "to thicken the plot"?
(a) Sri Chandrashekarendra.
(b) Sai Baba .
(c) Swami Vivekananda.
(d) Sri Ramakrishna.

2. In what month did Cage first present his lecture "45' for a Speaker"?
(a) August.
(b) April.
(c) May.
(d) October.

3. 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?
(a) Bach.
(b) David Tudor.
(c) Mozart.
(d) Mondrian.

4. In "Where Are We Going? And What Are We Doing?" Cage says Marchetti has gone where?
(a) To Milan.
(b) To Athens.
(c) To Dublin.
(d) To Venice.

5. Who asked Cage to accompany her to a party to which he was not invited?
(a) Pia Fries.
(b) Annemarie Schwarzenbach.
(c) Sonya Sekula.
(d) Berta Huguenin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group asked Cage whether the American avant-garde followed the same direction as the European one?

2. Cage says in his foreword that he has been writing articles and giving lectures for over how many years?

3. According to Cage's essay on him, Erik Satie said who was not clumsy in his publicity?

4. What city was Cage in when he learned that the burning questions among students were "Where are we going?" and "What are we doing?"

5. In "Where Are We Going? And What Are We Doing?" Cage recalls having an appointment at what time?

(see the answer key)

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