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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character shushes the other characters onstage in the first scene of the play?
(a) Cecily.
(b) Tzara.
(c) Nadya.
(d) Joyce.

2. As what does Carr theorize that Tzara is trying to pass?
(a) A duke.
(b) An artist.
(c) An actor.
(d) A spy.

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

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

5. Which of the following characters does not enter at the beginning of this section?
(a) Gwendolen.
(b) Joyce.
(c) Tzara.
(d) Cecily.

6. What object does Tzara say man would be without art?
(a) A turnstile.
(b) A grain silo.
(c) A coffee-grinder.
(d) A thresher.

7. In this section Carr comments that is entirely reasonable for the exploited classes of Russia to turn against whom?
(a) The government.
(b) Themselves.
(c) Their spouses.
(d) Their servants.

8. Which of the following figures is not among the attendees Carr jokingly names for the Social Democrats for Civil War in Europe meeting?
(a) A police spy.
(b) Trotsky.
(c) Lenin.
(d) Lenin's wife.

9. In mistakenly recalling Lenin's appearance, what regional appearance does Carr say he bears?
(a) Scandinavia.
(b) The Orient.
(c) South America.
(d) Iberia.

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

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

12. What "modish novelty" does Carr disapprove of in Bennett (14)?
(a) Amateur theatrics.
(b) Free association.
(c) Marxism.
(d) Reading.

13. By his own estimation, what makes Tzara an artist?
(a) He is Romanian.
(b) He creates beauty.
(c) He says he is.
(d) He is innately creative.

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

15. Where is Joyce buried at the time thhat the Old Carr speaks in this section?
(a) Paris.
(b) Dublin.
(c) Zurich.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what object is Tzara drawing slips of paper in the beginning of the play?

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

3. Which character is unassisted at the beginning of Act 1?

4. What article of clothing does Carr mention is the focus of the lawsuit between Joyce and him?

5. From what Irish town does Carr announce James Joyce did not hale?

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