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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who translated "Composition: To Describe the Process of Composition Used in 'Music for Piano" into another language?
(a) David Tudor.
(b) Earle Brown.
(c) Morton Feldman.
(d) Christian Wolff.

2. Who asked Cage why he did not give a conventional and informative lecture?
(a) Elisaveta Bagryana.
(b) Pam Ayres.
(c) Joanna Baillie.
(d) M. C. Richards.

3. A member of what Greek organization accused Cage of believing art follows science?
(a) Sigma Chi.
(b) Phi Beta Kappa.
(c) Alpha Omega Theta.
(d) Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

4. When was "The Future of Music: Credo" first printed?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1958.

5. 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?
(a) Australia.
(b) Europe.
(c) Africa.
(d) Asia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Cage recalls going to the Bolshoi Ballet with whom?

3. "On Robert Rauschenberg, Artist, and His Work" was completed it what month?

4. Cage attended a party to which he was not invited and secretly drank what drink while the hostess was not looking?

5. "Goal: New Music, New Dance" was first published as part of a series titled what?

(see the answer key)

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