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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would Cage rather do than write about Erik Satie?
(a) Work on his music.
(b) Grab a drink with friends.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Gather mushrooms.

2. In the "Definitions" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term is music's "divisibility into successive parts from phrases to long sections"?
(a) Material.
(b) Method.
(c) Form.
(d) Structure.

3. 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) Method.
(c) Structure.
(d) Material.

4. In "Where Are We Going? And What Are We Doing?" Cage recalls going to a Candlelight Concert for what holiday?
(a) Christmas.
(b) New Year's Day.
(c) Independence Day.
(d) Easter.

5. Dr. Suzuki said after studying zen, men are men and mountains are what?
(a) Mountains.
(b) Hills.
(c) Men.
(d) Gods.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Where Are We Going? And What Are We Doing?" Cage says if America had Festivals of Contemporary Music, it would look awake like what continent?

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

3. What college was Cage attending when he took a course where he wrote in the manner of Gertrude Stein?

4. In an after-note to "Lecture on Nothing," the author recalls the way in which he avoided what?

5. In what state was "The Future of Music: Credo" first printed?

(see the answer key)

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