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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year were all three parts of "Composition as Process" given?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1958.

3. What composer wrote "The Art of the Fugue"?
(a) Nikolai Medtner.
(b) Ottorino Respighi.
(c) Johann Sebastian Bach.
(d) Karlheinz Stockhausen.

4. Who asked Cage to discuss his "Music of Changes"?
(a) Henri Pousseur.
(b) Luciano Berio.
(c) Wolfgang Steinecke.
(d) Franco Evangelisti.

5. What male author did Cage ask Dr. Suzuki about at dinner?
(a) Kurt Vonnegut.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) George Orwell.
(d) Graham Greene.

Short Answer Questions

1. What grade did Cage get in a college class the first time he wrote in the manner of Gertrude Stein?

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

3. When was "The Future of Music: Credo" first presented?

4. When was "Experimental Music" first presented?

5. What country did Cage's dad falsely say the family would visit?

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