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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Where Are We Going? And What Are We Doing?" Cage says Marchetti has gone where?
(a) To Milan.
(b) To Venice.
(c) To Athens.
(d) To Dublin.

2. For what medium of art was Robert Rauschenberg famous?
(a) Painting.
(b) Music.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Film making.

3. Cage attended but was not invited to a party at what family's home?
(a) The Reises.
(b) The Callahans.
(c) The Johnsons.
(d) The Andersons.

4. In "Where Are We Going? And What Are We Doing?" Cage says Hidalgo has gone where?
(a) To Rome.
(b) To London.
(c) To Liverpool.
(d) To Paris.

5. In the introduction to "Four Statements on the Dance," Cage recalls commissioning the P.E. department at what school to play his music?
(a) UCLA.
(b) FSC.
(c) UGA.
(d) NYU.

6. "Goal: New Music, New Dance" was first published as part of a series in what publication?
(a) Dance Observer.
(b) New Observer.
(c) Form Observer.
(d) Music Observer.

7. In "45' for a Speaker," Cage says a trip from where he is to what country is a complex series of experiences?
(a) Egypt.
(b) America.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) Japan.

8. In what year was "Where Are We Going? And What Are We Doing?" first printed?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1948.

9. In what year did Cage first present his lecture "45' for a Speaker"?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1951.

10. Who is the author of "The Persians"?
(a) Plato.
(b) Aeschylos.
(c) Euripides.
(d) Aristotle.

11. What city was Cage in when he learned that the burning questions among students were "Where are we going?" and "What are we doing?"
(a) The Bronx.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Harlem.
(d) Brooklyn.

12. In the introduction to "Four Statements on the Dance," Cage says Bonnie Bird had danced with whom?
(a) Sophie Maslow.
(b) May O'Donnell.
(c) Jane Dudley.
(d) Martha Graham.

13. In "Where Are We Going? And What Are We Doing?" Cage recalls once when he thought he was going East, but he was really going in what direction?
(a) West.
(b) Southwest.
(c) South.
(d) North.

14. Cage recalls that one of Robert Rauschenberg's paintings was destroyed by what animal?
(a) Rat.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Dog.
(d) Cat.

15. "Where Are We Going? And What Are We Doing?" is broken up into how many layers?
(a) Two layers.
(b) Three layers.
(c) Four layers.
(d) Five layers.

Short Answer Questions

1. A member of what Greek organization accused Cage of believing art follows science?

2. What item of clothing did Cage wear to visit the dentist, which the dentist asked him to remove?

3. "Goal: New Music, New Dance" was first published as part of a series titled what?

4. In an after-note to "Lecture on Nothing," the author recalls the way in which he avoided what?

5. Cage recalls attending a party where what man leaves the conversation to work in the corner?

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