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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In an after-note to "Lecture on Nothing," the author recalls the way in which he convinced a sound technician that he sounded like whom?
(a) Mozart.
(b) David Tudor.
(c) Bach.
(d) Mondrian.

2. Who said, "John, I dearly love you, but I can't bear another minute"?
(a) Lee Bontecou.
(b) Romaine Brooks..
(c) Jeanne Reynal.
(d) Louise Bourgeois.

3. What would Cage rather do than write about Erik Satie?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Work on his music.
(c) Grab a drink with friends.
(d) Gather mushrooms.

4. Cage recalls attending a party where what man leaves the conversation to work in the corner?
(a) Julius Eastman.
(b) David Tudor.
(c) Christian Wolff.
(d) Earle Brown.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was "Where Are We Going? And What Are We Doing?" first printed?

2. "Goal: New Music, New Dance" was first published in what year?

3. "Goal: New Music, New Dance" was first published as part of a series in what publication?

4. In "Where Are We Going? And What Are We Doing?" Cage recalls having an appointment on what day?

5. Who asked Cage to accompany her to a party to which he was not invited?

(see the answer key)

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