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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Cage recalls going to the Bolshoi Ballet with whom?
(a) David Tudor.
(b) Arnold Schoenberg.
(c) M. C. Richards.
(d) Erik Satie.

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

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

5. What religion influenced Cage?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Islam.
(c) Hinduism.
(d) Christianity.

6. When was "The Future of Music: Credo" first printed?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1943.

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

8. Who asked Cage to discuss his "Music of Changes"?
(a) Henri Pousseur.
(b) Luciano Berio.
(c) Franco Evangelisti.
(d) Wolfgang Steinecke.

9. Yun Kiang met a man who acted like what animal?
(a) A dog.
(b) A bird.
(c) A cat.
(d) A rabbit.

10. According to Cage, "Forerunners of Modern Music" was translated into another language by whom?
(a) Marcel Connor.
(b) John Mansell.
(c) Frederick Goldbeck.
(d) Carlos Hernandez.

11. What composer wrote "Klavierstücke XI"?
(a) Nikolai Medtner.
(b) Manuel de Falla.
(c) Karlheinz Stockhausen.
(d) Ottorino Respighi.

12. Who did Erik Satie describe as stupid and weak, according to Cage's essay on him?
(a) His former mentor.
(b) God.
(c) Cage.
(d) His father.

13. "Music of Changes" was originally written for what instrument?
(a) Piano.
(b) Flute.
(c) Violin.
(d) Bass.

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

15. The essay "Composition: To Describe the Process of Composition Used in 'Music of Changes' and 'Imaginary Landscape No. 4'" was originally published in what city?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York City.
(c) Boston.
(d) Palo Alto.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the "Strategy" section of "Forerunners of Modern Music," what term does Cage say "may be controlled or not, as one chooses"?

3. What composer wrote "Indices"?

4. Who had 12 tones and governed the La Domaine Musicale, according to Cage's essay on Erik Satie?

5. Who accompanied Cage and eight children on a trip to a zoo?

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