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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What religion influenced Cage?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Islam.
(c) Hinduism.
(d) Christianity.

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

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

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

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

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

12. In what month were all three parts of "Composition as Process" given?
(a) January.
(b) September.
(c) May.
(d) July,

13. What college was Cage attending when he took a course where he wrote in the manner of Gertrude Stein?
(a) Black Lake College.
(b) Pomona College.
(c) California State University.
(d) Palo Alto College.

14. 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.

15. Who did Erik Satie describe as stupid and weak, according to Cage's essay on him?
(a) God.
(b) His father.
(c) His former mentor.
(d) Cage.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the "Definitions" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term is "sound and silence"?

2. "Imaginary Landscape No. 4" was written for how many radios?

3. Who composed "Exercises de piano"?

4. "Forerunners of Modern Music" was first published in what journal?

5. Who does Cage thank at the end of his foreword?

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