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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When was "Experimental Music" first presented?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1954.
2. Who wrote "Quantitaten"?
(a) Bo Nilsson.
(b) Pierre Boulez.
(c) Karlheinz Stockhausen.
(d) Ottorino Respighi.
3. When was "Experimental Music" first printed?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1958.
4. Who does Cage thank at the end of his foreword?
(a) Ernest Bloch.
(b) Leonard Bernstein.
(c) Richard K. Winslow.
(d) Benjamin Britten.
5. According to Cage, what was the method for bringing about unpredictability?
(a) L-Ching.
(b) I-Ching.
(c) A-Ching.
(d) R-Ching.
Short Answer Questions
1. What composer wrote "Indices"?
2. According to Cage, it would be act of charity for people to do what when they come across Erik Satie's records?
3. According to Cage's essay on him, Erik Satie was told he would "see" when he was how old?
4. "Edgard Varese" was first published in what year?
5. What genre of art influenced Cage?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Cage believe the future holds for sounds that are heard on a regular basis?
2. What does Cage say about finding facts on the life and work of Edgard Varese?
3. What does Cage say about Erik Satie's relevance?
4. What does Cage say about Varese in relation to the present nature of music?
5. What does Cage say about being associated with Dadaism and Zen in his Foreword?
6. How does Cage go about exploring the work of each composer he mentions in "Composition as Process--2: Indeterminacy"?
7. Why is each column in "Composition as Process--1: Changes" interrupted by space without words?
8. Describe the anecdote used at the conclusion of "Composition as Process--2: Indeterminacy" about Dr. Suzuki.
9. How has Cage's process of composition evolved?
10. How does Cage describe the way Christian Wolff wrote music?
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