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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what two locations does the play take place?
(a) A room and a library.
(b) A theatre and a train station.
(c) A train station and a room.
(d) A library and a theatre.

2. What does the Dada artist entitle the work that consists of his name in the snow?
(a) The Alps.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Journey's End.
(d) Fountain.

3. In what year does Carr recall he was acquainted with Joyce, Lenin, and Tzara?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1941.

4. How many times does Joyce instruct Gwen to repeat his dictation in the text?
(a) Twice.
(b) 5 times.
(c) 10 times.
(d) 3 times.

5. According to Carr, what is the name of the street in Zurich on which both Lenin's lodging and Meierei bar were located?
(a) Hausquai.
(b) Spiegelgasse.
(c) Orelikenplatz.
(d) Lindenstrasse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Joyce buried at the time thhat the Old Carr speaks in this section?

2. Which of the following figures is not among the attendees Carr jokingly names for the Social Democrats for Civil War in Europe meeting?

3. Whose dropped writings does Joyce pick up in the first scene of the play?

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

5. What two colors does Carr theorize that Joyce's smoking jacket might have been?

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