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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The essay "Composition: To Describe the Process of Composition Used in 'Music of Changes' and 'Imaginary Landscape No. 4'" was originally published in as part of what publication?
(a) Three Musicians at Work.
(b) Six Musicians at Work.
(c) Nine Musicians at Work.
(d) Four Musicians at Work.

2. According to Cage's essay on him, Erik Satie was told he would "see" when he was how old?
(a) 80.
(b) 60.
(c) 50.
(d) 70.

3. Into what language was "Composition: To Describe the Process of Composition Used in 'Music for Piano" translated?
(a) Spanish.
(b) German.
(c) Italian.
(d) Latin.

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

5. Meister Eckhart said in sermons that he would like to be rid of what?
(a) Salvation.
(b) God.
(c) Sin.
(d) The idea of good and evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cage had a method for bringing about unpredictability where he tossed coins how many times?

2. In what month were all three parts of "Composition as Process" given?

3. In an after-note to "Lecture on Nothing," the author recalls the way in which he convinced a sound technician that he sounded like whom?

4. Cage recalls his Aunt Marge saying she loved what more than her husband?

5. In what year did Cage's essay on Erik Satie first appear?

(see the answer key)

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