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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What university published Cage's book of lectures and essays?
(a) Yale.
(b) Parsons.
(c) Sarah Lawrence.
(d) Wesleyan.

2. What did Cage question about Erik Satie?
(a) If they ever met.
(b) His relevance.
(c) Who should take credit for his work.
(d) His death.

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

4. Who composed "Exercises de piano"?
(a) Schubert.
(b) Webern.
(c) Butor.
(d) Pousseur.

5. Cage recalls his Aunt Marge saying she loved what more than her husband?
(a) Her dog.
(b) Her television.
(c) Her washing machine.
(d) Her car.

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

7. Where did Cage recall taking eight children to a zoo?
(a) Bear Lake Park.
(b) Bear Mountain Lake.
(c) Bear Mountain Park.
(d) Bear Lake Mountain.

8. All three parts of "Composition as Process" were given in what country?
(a) France.
(b) Austria.
(c) Germany.
(d) England.

9. Each line of text in "Composition as Process--1: Changes" was meant to be read in what time period?
(a) One second.
(b) Five seconds.
(c) Two seconds.
(d) Half of a second.

10. According to Cage's essay on him, Erik Satie was told he would "see" when he was how old?
(a) 80.
(b) 60.
(c) 50.
(d) 70.

11. What was Cage's wife's name?
(a) Fiona.
(b) Xenia.
(c) Rhoda.
(d) Sonia.

12. Cage had a method for bringing about unpredictability where he tossed how many coins?
(a) Four coins.
(b) Two coins.
(c) Three coins.
(d) Six coins.

13. In the "Definitions" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term is "content, the continuity"?
(a) Structure.
(b) Form.
(c) Method.
(d) Material.

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

15. "Forerunners of Modern Music" was first published in what year?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1950.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the questions Cage asked in "Composition as Process--3" was if anyone had seen this man lately?

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

3. In what state was "The Future of Music: Credo" first printed?

4. Cage had a method for bringing about unpredictability where he tossed coins how many times?

5. Who said, "John, I dearly love you, but I can't bear another minute"?

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