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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. 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) Brooklyn.
(b) Harlem.
(c) The Bronx.
(d) Manhattan.

2. "Goal: New Music, New Dance" was first published in what year?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1945.

3. In what year did Cage and Merce Cunningham begin working together?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1939.

4. Meister Eckhart said in sermons that he would like to be rid of what?
(a) God.
(b) Salvation.
(c) Sin.
(d) The idea of good and evil.

5. In "45' for a Speaker" Cage says one danger for the magnetic tape is what type of music?
(a) Guitar.
(b) Organ.
(c) Violin.
(d) Banjo.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Goal: New Music, New Dance" was written by Cage in what city?

2. In "45' for a Speaker," Cage says a trip from where he is to what country is a complex series of experiences?

3. "On Robert Rauschenberg, Artist, and His Work" was completed it what month?

4. In what state does Cage say he grew up?

5. Cage and his friend received food and spices from what country?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cage say about error in "45' for a Speaker"?

2. What does Cage say about the title of his article called "2 Pages, 122 Words on Music and Dance"?

3. What happened when Cage attended a party to which he was not invited and asked the hostess for rum to drink?

4. How did Cage come to be in possession of a coat belonging to Ms. Reis?

5. What does Cage say about the form of "Where Are We Going? And What Are We Doing?"

6. How does Cage say "Where Are We Going? And What Are We Doing?" should be delivered?

7. What does Cage say about silence at the end of "45' for a Speaker"?

8. What does the author say about modern dance and whether it works?

9. In the third layer of "Where Are We Going? And What Are We Doing?", what does Cage say about where "we are going"?

10. How does Cage think an evolution of music due to percussion instruments will affect dancers and choreographers?

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