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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A portion of "Composition as Process--3: Communication" was published in what publication?
(a) River Reporter.
(b) Ithaca Times.
(c) Village Voice.
(d) Syracuse New Times.

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

3. In "Where Are We Going? And What Are We Doing?" Cage says if America had Festivals of Contemporary Music, it would look awake like what continent?
(a) Asia.
(b) Europe.
(c) Africa.
(d) Australia.

4. In the "Definitions" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term is music's "divisibility into successive parts from phrases to long sections"?
(a) Form.
(b) Material.
(c) Method.
(d) Structure.

5. Who translated "Composition: To Describe the Process of Composition Used in 'Music for Piano" into another language?
(a) Morton Feldman.
(b) Christian Wolff.
(c) Earle Brown.
(d) David Tudor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Where Are We Going? And What Are We Doing?" Cage recalls once when he thought he was going East, but he was really going in what direction?

2. "Music of Changes" was originally written for what instrument?

3. Cage recalls his Aunt Marge saying she loved what more than her husband?

4. In what year did Cage's essay on Erik Satie first appear?

5. In what year was "Composition: To Describe the Process of Composition Used in 'Music for Piano" first published?

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