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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term for Germans is Carr unfamiliar with before entering the war?
(a) Kraut.
(b) Hun.
(c) Saxon.
(d) Boche.

2. Which of the following facts does Carr announce is not open to correction at the end of his monologue?
(a) His name.
(b) His prowess as a lover.
(c) His height.
(d) His politics.

3. For what purpose does Joyce say he needs money from Carr?
(a) To mount a play.
(b) To pay off a debt.
(c) To afford a ring for Gwen.
(d) To send his manuscript to Ireland.

4. What character from the play has left his card with Bennett?
(a) Tzara.
(b) Carr.
(c) Lenin.
(d) Joyce.

5. What masterwork is Joyce in the process of write when he and Carr are acquainted?
(a) The Dubliners.
(b) Finnegan's Wake.
(c) Ulysses.
(d) Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man.

6. Which of the following is not a term that Carr shouts at Tzara when he loses his temper in this section?
(a) Atheist.
(b) Bolshevik.
(c) Pedant.
(d) Dago.

7. What color does Carr recall Lenin's eyes being?
(a) Blue.
(b) Black.
(c) Grey.
(d) Brown.

8. What two colors does Carr theorize that Joyce's smoking jacket might have been?
(a) Maroon or pink.
(b) Gold or taupe.
(c) Brown or grey.
(d) Blue or purple.

9. What article of clothing does Bannett mention specifically when describing Tzara to Carr?
(a) Spats.
(b) Top hat.
(c) Monocle.
(d) Bow tie.

10. What did Tzara leave in Carr's drawing room on his last visit?
(a) His cigarette case.
(b) His library card.
(c) A French phrasebook.
(d) A bar tab.

11. According to Tzara, what is out of fashion since the war?
(a) Lovemaking.
(b) Rhyme.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Causality.

12. According to Gwen in this section, what does Tzara do in addiction to writing poetry?
(a) He sculpts.
(b) He dances.
(c) He paints.
(d) He teaches art history.

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

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

15. Which of the following Dada artists in not mentioned by mentioned by Carr in his monologue?
(a) Duchamp.
(b) Picabia.
(c) Arp.
(d) Ball.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the style of dialogue change as the new characters enter in this section?

2. When Bennett states that a social revolution has occurred in Russia, what activity does Carr assume this involves?

3. What sound effect does Stoppard recommend to accompany time slips in the play?

4. According to Tzara, how do Communists like their art?

5. What is Carr's first name?

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