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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Cage begin writing the lecture "Indeterminacy"?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1958.

2. According to Cage, what was the method for bringing about unpredictability?
(a) I-Ching.
(b) L-Ching.
(c) A-Ching.
(d) R-Ching.

3. According to Cage's essay on him, Erik Satie said who was not clumsy in his publicity?
(a) Cage.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Beethoven.
(d) Bach.

4. In what year were all three parts of "Composition as Process" given?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1961.

5. What two things does Cage say he grew up assuming were good for him?
(a) Rain and pumpkin seeds.
(b) Mushrooms and cold weather.
(c) Sunshine and orange juice.
(d) Music and nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suggested to Cage that he should give a talk that was nothing but stories?

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

3. In the "Definitions" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term is music's "divisibility into successive parts from phrases to long sections"?

4. "Goal: New Music, New Dance" was first published in what year?

5. In the "Strategy" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term does Cage say "is properly mind-controlled"?

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