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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cage recalls his Aunt Marge saying she loved what more than her husband?
(a) Her television.
(b) Her dog.
(c) Her car.
(d) Her washing machine.

2. Who does Cage thank at the end of his foreword?
(a) Ernest Bloch.
(b) Benjamin Britten.
(c) Richard K. Winslow.
(d) Leonard Bernstein.

3. In "Where Are We Going? And What Are We Doing?" Cage says he never lived in one place more than how long?
(a) Five years.
(b) A year.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two years.

4. "Lecture on Nothing" was originally printed in what month?
(a) December.
(b) July.
(c) June.
(d) August.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. Suzuki said after studying zen, men are men and mountains are what?

2. Who asked Cage to discuss his "Music of Changes"?

3. What is the name of the type of Robert Rauschenberg work that involves multiplicity and cannot be rolled up?

4. In "Where Are We Going? And What Are We Doing?" Cage recalls having an appointment on what day?

5. According to Cage's essay, Erik Satie said he was tired of dying of what?

(see the answer key)

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