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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. "Lecture on Nothing" was originally printed in what publication?
(a) Percussione.
(b) Introducción A Canciones.
(c) Danse Moderne.
(d) Incontri Musicali.

5. "Edgard Varese" was first published in what year?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1958.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the type of Robert Rauschenberg work that involves multiplicity and cannot be rolled up?

2. What was Cage's wife's name?

3. "Lecture on Nothing" was written in a format where there are how many lines in each unit?

4. Who does Cage thank at the end of his foreword?

5. "Edgard Varese" was first published in what publication?

(see the answer key)

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