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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what publication did Cage's essay on Erik Satie first appear?
(a) Art News Yearly.
(b) Art Report Yearly.
(c) Art Report Annual.
(d) Art News Annual.

3. In what year was "Composition: To Describe the Process of Composition Used in 'Music for Piano" first published?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1961.

4. One of the questions Cage asked in "Composition as Process--3" was if anyone had seen this man lately?
(a) Arnold Schoenberg.
(b) David Tudor.
(c) Meister Eckhardt.
(d) Christian Wolff.

5. What composer wrote "Klavierstücke XI"?
(a) Ottorino Respighi.
(b) Manuel de Falla.
(c) Karlheinz Stockhausen.
(d) Nikolai Medtner.

6. Cage recalls his Aunt Marge saying she loved what more than her husband?
(a) Her dog.
(b) Her television.
(c) Her washing machine.
(d) Her car.

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

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

9. Cage and his wife moved to New York from where?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Boston.
(c) Richmond.
(d) Chicago.

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

11. What composer wrote "Duo II for Pianists"?
(a) Christian Wolff.
(b) Earle Brown.
(c) Morton Feldman.
(d) Julius Eastman.

12. In the "Definitions" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term is "content, the continuity"?
(a) Material.
(b) Structure.
(c) Method.
(d) Form.

13. According to Cage, it would be act of charity for people to do what when they come across Erik Satie's records?
(a) Smash them.
(b) Buy them.
(c) Steal them.
(d) Give them as gifts.

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

15. Who accompanied Cage and eight children on a trip to a zoo?
(a) Christina Linus.
(b) Barbara Lawson.
(c) Claire Austen.
(d) Merce Cunningham.

Short Answer Questions

1. All three parts of "Composition as Process" were given in what country?

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

3. Who wrote "Psychology--never again"?

4. According to Cage, who had probably never given Erik Satie a thought?

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

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