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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cage commissioned a school's P.E. department to play his music to accompany what?
(a) Cross country races.
(b) Aquatic ballet performances.
(c) Rugby games.
(d) Tap dance performances.

2. In what month were all three parts of "Composition as Process" given?
(a) May.
(b) September.
(c) January.
(d) July,

3. Where did Merce Cunningham study before going to New York City?
(a) Boston.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Atlanta.

4. 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.

5. In the "Definitions" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term is music's "divisibility into successive parts from phrases to long sections"?
(a) Material.
(b) Structure.
(c) Method.
(d) Form.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dr. Suzuki eat at dinner while everyone ate curries?

2. What university published Cage's book of lectures and essays?

3. Each line of text in "Composition as Process--1: Changes" was meant to be read in what time period?

4. When was "Experimental Music" first printed?

5. According to Cage, what was the method for bringing about unpredictability?

(see the answer key)

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