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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. Cage and his friend received food and spices from what country?
(a) Chile.
(b) Australia.
(c) India.
(d) China.

2. In what city did Cage first present his lecture "45' for a Speaker"?
(a) Bristol.
(b) Dublin.
(c) Leeds.
(d) London.

3. "Lecture on Nothing" was written in a format where there are how many lines in each unit?
(a) 18.
(b) 7.
(c) 12.
(d) 27.

4. "On Robert Rauschenberg, Artist, and His Work" was completed it what month?
(a) May.
(b) July.
(c) October.
(d) February.

5. 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?
(a) South.
(b) North.
(c) Southwest.
(d) West.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Merce Cunningham study before going to New York City?

2. What is the name of the type of Robert Rauschenberg work that involves multiplicity and cannot be rolled up?

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

4. How many days did it take Cage's friend to sort through a box of spices and foods that had become mixed up in transit?

5. In an after-note to "Lecture on Nothing," the author recalls the way in which he avoided what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Cage and David Tudor react when food shipped to them from India came in all mixed up?

4. What does Cage say about change in "Where Are We Going? And What Are We Doing?"

5. What happened when Cage told a technician during a recording session what to expect from his music?

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

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

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

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

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

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