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

2. "Goal: New Music, New Dance" was first published as part of a series titled what?
(a) Percussion Music and Its Relation to the Modern Dance.
(b) Classical Music and Its Relation to the Modern Dance.
(c) Modern Music and Its Relation to the Modern Dance.
(d) String Music and Its Relation to the Modern Dance.

3. In an after-note to "Lecture on Nothing," the author recalls the way in which he avoided what?
(a) Jury duty.
(b) Babysitting.
(c) Jail time.
(d) Psychoanalysis.

4. Cage attended a party to which he was not invited and caused the hostess to fetch what drink from the basement?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Beer.
(c) Red wine.
(d) Rum.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of Cage's friends obsessed over a box of spices and food that came from overseas?

3. 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?

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

5. In an after-note to "Lecture on Nothing," the author gets the audience to stop asking questions by answering with how many standardized answers?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Vera Williams' children cry when she served them mushrooms on their steak?

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

4. How does the author think music will evolve in regard to percussion instruments?

5. What contributions is painter Robert Rauschenberg known for?

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

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

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

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

10. In the fourth layer of "Where Are We Going? And What Are We Doing?", what does Cage say about moving into the field of experience and being?

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