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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Into what language was "Composition: To Describe the Process of Composition Used in 'Music for Piano" translated?
(a) Latin.
(b) German.
(c) Italian.
(d) Spanish.

2. What country did Cage's dad falsely say the family would visit?
(a) France.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Japan.

3. In what state was "The Future of Music: Credo" first printed?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) California.
(c) New York.
(d) Louisiana.

4. What is different about the type Cage uses for "Composition as Process--2: Indeterminacy"?
(a) The font changes half way through.
(b) It is large.
(c) It is small.
(d) No punctuation is used.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the "Definitions" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term is music's "divisibility into successive parts from phrases to long sections"?

2. In the "Strategy" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term does Cage say "may be planned or improvised"?

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

4. Cage had a method for bringing about unpredictability where he tossed how many coins?

5. Who asked Cage why he did not give a conventional and informative lecture?

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