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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the "Definitions" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term is "the means of controlling the continuity from note to note"?
(a) Structure.
(b) Form.
(c) Material.
(d) Method.

2. "Edgard Varese" was first published in what year?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1949.

3. In the "Strategy" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term does Cage say "may be planned or improvised"?
(a) Form.
(b) Structure.
(c) Method.
(d) Material.

4. Who said, "John, I dearly love you, but I can't bear another minute"?
(a) Jeanne Reynal.
(b) Louise Bourgeois.
(c) Romaine Brooks..
(d) Lee Bontecou.

5. What is different about the type Cage uses for "Composition as Process--2: Indeterminacy"?
(a) No punctuation is used.
(b) The font changes half way through.
(c) It is large.
(d) It is small.

6. Who asked Cage to discuss his "Music of Changes"?
(a) Luciano Berio.
(b) Henri Pousseur.
(c) Franco Evangelisti.
(d) Wolfgang Steinecke.

7. Cage presented "Lecture on Nothing" at a club on what street?
(a) Eleventh.
(b) Tenth.
(c) Ninth.
(d) Eighth.

8. 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) Four Musicians at Work.
(d) Nine Musicians at Work.

9. According to Cage, who had probably never given Erik Satie a thought?
(a) Manuel de Falla.
(b) Karlheinz Stockhausen.
(c) Ottorino Respighi.
(d) Nikolai Medtner.

10. "The Future of Music: Credo" was first printed to accompany a recording from whom?
(a) George Avakian.
(b) Samuel Sawnee.
(c) John Helen.
(d) Adam White.

11. What was Cage's wife's name?
(a) Fiona.
(b) Sonia.
(c) Rhoda.
(d) Xenia.

12. Who said he loves philosophical debates because no one wins?
(a) Meister Eckhardt.
(b) Dr. Suzuki.
(c) Arnold Schoenberg.
(d) David Tudor.

13. In what year did Cage's essay on Erik Satie first appear?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1945.

14. In what state was "Composition: To Describe the Process of Composition Used in 'Music for Piano'" first printed in English?
(a) New York.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Maryland.

15. When is Cage's foreword dated?
(a) April 1958.
(b) July 1962.
(c) June 1961.
(d) May 1959.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did Yun Kiang meet while rambling to the east?

3. How much time elapsed between the two times Yun Kiang met a man acting like an animal?

4. In what year was "Composition: To Describe the Process of Composition Used in 'Music for Piano" first published?

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

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