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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was "The Future of Music: Credo" first presented?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1954.

2. Cage says in his foreword that he has been writing articles and giving lectures for over how many years?
(a) 40.
(b) 30.
(c) 25.
(d) 20.

3. In what state does Cage say he grew up?
(a) Nevada.
(b) California.
(c) New York.
(d) Maine.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Cage and Merce Cunningham begin working together?

2. In the "Definitions" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term is "sound and silence"?

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

4. What religion influenced Cage?

5. In what publication did Cage's essay on Erik Satie first appear?

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