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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Cage, what was the method for bringing about unpredictability?
(a) L-Ching.
(b) A-Ching.
(c) I-Ching.
(d) R-Ching.

2. Each line of text in "Composition as Process--1: Changes" was meant to be read in what time period?
(a) Two seconds.
(b) Half of a second.
(c) Five seconds.
(d) One second.

3. When was "The Future of Music: Credo" first printed?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1943.

4. What composer wrote "Klavierstücke XI"?
(a) Nikolai Medtner.
(b) Karlheinz Stockhausen.
(c) Ottorino Respighi.
(d) Manuel de Falla.

5. Who did Yun Kiang meet while rambling to the east?
(a) Ming Yao.
(b) Hung Mung.
(c) Kwang Tse.
(d) Kuong Chuo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What grade was Cage in when his dad mentioned a trip to another country, which never happened?

2. Who said there is evil in the world "to thicken the plot"?

3. What genre of art influenced Cage?

4. Who asked Cage to discuss his "Music of Changes"?

5. How much time elapsed between the two times Yun Kiang met a man acting like an animal?

(see the answer key)

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