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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Yun Kiang met a man who acted like what animal?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A cat.
(c) A bird.
(d) A dog.

2. Cage says in his foreword that he has been writing articles and giving lectures for over how many years?
(a) 25.
(b) 40.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

3. "Imaginary Landscape No. 4" was written for how many radios?
(a) 8.
(b) 15.
(c) 11.
(d) 12.

4. Who wrote "Quantitaten"?
(a) Bo Nilsson.
(b) Pierre Boulez.
(c) Ottorino Respighi.
(d) Karlheinz Stockhausen.

5. What was the occupation of the person Cage thanks at the end of his foreword?
(a) Sound mixer.
(b) Professor of music.
(c) Radio disc jockey.
(d) Bank teller.

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

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

8. Who wrote "Psychology--never again"?
(a) Christa Wolf.
(b) Franz Kafka.
(c) Wolfram von Eschenbach.
(d) Gero von Wilpert.

9. When was "Experimental Music" first printed?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1934.

10. What composer wrote "The Art of the Fugue"?
(a) Karlheinz Stockhausen.
(b) Johann Sebastian Bach.
(c) Nikolai Medtner.
(d) Ottorino Respighi.

11. Cage had a method for bringing about unpredictability where he tossed how many coins?
(a) Two coins.
(b) Three coins.
(c) Six coins.
(d) Four coins.

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

13. Where did Cage recall taking eight children to a zoo?
(a) Bear Mountain Lake.
(b) Bear Lake Park.
(c) Bear Mountain Park.
(d) Bear Lake Mountain.

14. What composer wrote "Intersection 3"?
(a) Morton Feldman.
(b) Earle Brown.
(c) Christian Wolff.
(d) Julius Eastman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "Edgard Varese" was first published in what year?

2. What religion influenced Cage?

3. When is Cage's foreword dated?

4. In the "Definitions" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term is "the means of controlling the continuity from note to note"?

5. When was "The Future of Music: Credo" first presented?

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