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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What college was Cage attending when he took a course where he wrote in the manner of Gertrude Stein?
(a) Black Lake College.
(b) California State University.
(c) Palo Alto College.
(d) Pomona College.

2. How much time elapsed between the two times Yun Kiang met a man acting like an animal?
(a) One year.
(b) Three years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Four years.

3. What is the name of the advertising agency that called Cage in hopes of buying his work?
(a) J. Walter Thompson Company.
(b) K. Richard Kline Company.
(c) T. Gretchen Gray Company.
(d) B. Christopher Jones Company.

4. Who had 12 tones and governed the La Domaine Musicale, according to Cage's essay on Erik Satie?
(a) Ronaldo Di Bucca.
(b) Samuel Graham.
(c) Thomas Mann.
(d) Pierre Boulez.

5. According to Cage's essay on him, Erik Satie said who was not clumsy in his publicity?
(a) Cage.
(b) Bach.
(c) Mozart.
(d) Beethoven.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cage says in his foreword that he has been writing articles and giving lectures for over how many years?

2. "Imaginary Landscape No. 4" was written for how many radios?

3. How long had Erik Satie been dead when Cage wrote an essay about him?

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

5. Each line of text in "Composition as Process--1: Changes" was meant to be read in what time period?

(see the answer key)

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