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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What university published Cage's book of lectures and essays?
(a) Wesleyan.
(b) Yale.
(c) Parsons.
(d) Sarah Lawrence.

2. "On Robert Rauschenberg, Artist, and His Work" was first published in what publication?
(a) Citywide.
(b) Metro.
(c) Select.
(d) Aardschok.

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

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

5. What genre of art influenced Cage?
(a) Victorian Revival.
(b) New Realism.
(c) Minimalism.
(d) Dada.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Where Are We Going? And What Are We Doing?" Cage recalls going to a Candlelight Concert for what holiday?

2. "Edgard Varese" was first published in what publication?

3. Cage and his friend accidentally steal what item of clothing from a party to which he was not invited?

4. When is Cage's foreword dated?

5. According to Cage, "Forerunners of Modern Music" was translated into another language by whom?

(see the answer key)

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