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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 item of clothing did Cage wear to visit the dentist, which the dentist asked him to remove?
(a) A tie.
(b) A jacket.
(c) A hat.
(d) Tennis shoes.

2. "Lecture on Nothing" was originally printed in what month?
(a) June.
(b) August.
(c) July.
(d) December.

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

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

5. Cage and his friend accidentally steal what item of clothing from a party to which he was not invited?
(a) Socks.
(b) A tie.
(c) A coat.
(d) Shoes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Where Are We Going? And What Are We Doing?" Cage says if America had Festivals of Contemporary Music, it would look awake like what continent?

3. 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?

4. In "Where Are We Going? And What Are We Doing?" Cage wonders why he ever lost interest in what group?

5. In "45' for a Speaker" Cage says one danger for the magnetic tape is what type of music?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Cage avoid being psychoanalyzed?

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

6. Describe the process Cage using for writing "45' for a Speaker."

7. What contributions is painter Robert Rauschenberg known for?

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

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

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

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