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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What decision by Russia's provincial government enrages the Soviets in this section?
(a) It stays involved in the war.
(b) It gives amnesty to the czar and his family.
(c) It arrests the Bolshevik leadership.
(d) It signs a nonaggression treaty with Serbia.

2. Why does Tzara quote so sparingly from Hugo Ball's diary in describing him to Joyce?
(a) Its copyright has not elapsed.
(b) It is written mostly in gibberish.
(c) He is making up the diary.
(d) He cannot remember much of it.

3. What does Gwen say she gave to Tristan that sent him into "raptures" (65)?
(a) A bottle of Krug.
(b) A poem of her own devising.
(c) A new hat.
(d) A chapter of Ulysses.

4. What sound effect does Stoppard recommend to accompany time slips in the play?
(a) A cuckoo clock chime.
(b) A shattering of glass.
(c) A thunder clap.
(d) A tuba blast.

5. What false information about Tristan Tzara does Cecily unknowingly tell Gwen at tea?
(a) He is an aesthete.
(b) He is a Bolshevik.
(c) He has left Switzerland.
(d) He is a homosexual.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tzara leave in Carr's drawing room on his last visit?

2. What is the only component of Carr's story that Old Cecily says it true?

3. What character from the play has left his card with Bennett?

4. What "modish novelty" does Carr disapprove of in Bennett (14)?

5. For what occasion is Carr dressing in this section?

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