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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Where Are We Going? And What Are We Doing?" Cage says Hidalgo has gone where?
(a) To Liverpool.
(b) To London.
(c) To Paris.
(d) To Rome.

2. How many days did it take Cage's friend to sort through a box of spices and foods that had become mixed up in transit?
(a) One day.
(b) Three days.
(c) Seven days.
(d) Five days.

3. "Lecture on Nothing" was originally printed in what month?
(a) August.
(b) December.
(c) June.
(d) July.

4. "Where Are We Going? And What Are We Doing?" is broken up into how many layers?
(a) Three layers.
(b) Four layers.
(c) Two layers.
(d) Five layers.

5. For what medium of art was Robert Rauschenberg famous?
(a) Film making.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Painting.
(d) Music.

Short Answer Questions

1. "On Robert Rauschenberg, Artist, and His Work" was first published in what city?

2. In what month did Cage first present his lecture "45' for a Speaker"?

3. Meister Eckhart said in sermons that he would like to be rid of what?

4. What school did Merce Cunningham attend when he met Cage?

5. Cage says the trouble with what city is its past?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cage suggests that Morton Feldman felt about opposites?

2. How is the essay "Lecture on Nothing" formatted?

3. What does Cage say about classical ballet?

4. Where did Cage get the idea to write "Where Are We Going? And What Are We Doing?"

5. What does Cage say about change in "Where Are We Going? And What Are We Doing?"

6. In the third layer of "Where Are We Going? And What Are We Doing?", what does Cage say about where "we are going"?

7. What does Cage say on the subject of poetry in "Lecture on Nothing"?

8. How did Cage come to be in possession of a coat belonging to Ms. Reis?

9. In the fourth layer of "Where Are We Going? And What Are We Doing?", what does Cage say about moving into the field of experience and being?

10. How does Cage avoid being psychoanalyzed?

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