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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Bolsheviks, how long should the bourgeois-capitalist democracy last in Russia?
(a) A few days.
(b) A year.
(c) Four months.
(d) It should not exist

2. How does the style of dialogue change as the new characters enter in this section?
(a) Everyone speaks in pantomime.
(b) Everyone speaks in limericks.
(c) Everyone speaks only with the word "dada".
(d) Everyone speaks in French.

3. When Bennett states that a social revolution has occurred in Russia, what activity does Carr assume this involves?
(a) Peasants reading.
(b) Soldiers protesting.
(c) Women smoking.
(d) Nuns copulating.

4. What role from The Importance of Being Earnest does Carr actually play?
(a) Lady Bracknell.
(b) Lane.
(c) Jack.
(d) Algernon.

5. What Shakespearean lady has Carr played at Eton?
(a) Lady Macbeth.
(b) Goneril.
(c) Cleopatra.
(d) Rosalind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What detail of the Russian Revolution is not mentioned by Bennett in this section?

2. According to Carr, what sensation is created by the many punctual clocks in Zurich?

3. What is the word on the first strip of paper that Tzara draws for Gwen's poem?

4. What type of poem does Lenin declaim at the end of the first scene of the play?

5. How many times does Joyce instruct Gwen to repeat his dictation in the text?

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