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

2. "Goal: New Music, New Dance" was written by Cage in what city?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Savannah.
(c) Seattle.
(d) New York City.

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

4. In an after-note to "Lecture on Nothing," the author recalls the way in which he convinced a sound technician that he sounded like whom?
(a) Bach.
(b) David Tudor.
(c) Mozart.
(d) Mondrian.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "Goal: New Music, New Dance" was first published in what year?

2. "Lecture on Nothing" was originally printed in what month?

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

4. "On Robert Rauschenberg, Artist, and His Work" was first published in what city?

5. In what year did Cage first present his lecture "45' for a Speaker"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cage suggests that Morton Feldman felt about opposites?

2. How does Cage avoid being psychoanalyzed?

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

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

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

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

7. Where did Cage get the idea to write "Where Are We Going? And What Are We Doing?"

8. How is the essay "Lecture on Nothing" formatted?

9. What does Cage say on the subject of poetry in "Lecture on Nothing"?

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

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