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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of literature does Lenin denounce in a 1905 speech in this section?
(a) Non-partisan literature.
(b) Bourgeois literature.
(c) Decadent literature.
(d) Pornographic literature.

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

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

5. What is the word on the first strip of paper that Tzara draws for Gwen's poem?
(a) Darling.
(b) Possession.
(c) Compare.
(d) Moon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the the Prime Minister of England in 1917?

2. What does Bennett think are the odds against Lenin prevailing in Russia?

3. What food does Carr eat in this section as he tries to reason through his situation?

4. Which of the following locations is not mentioned by Carr as he describes the horrors of the First World War?

5. What novel by Tolstoy does Lenin especially admire?

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