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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The Zimmerwaldists believe the workers of the world need to oppose what?
(a) The war.
(b) The Communists.
(c) Tariffs.
(d) Capitalist exploitation.

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

5. From what object is Tzara drawing slips of paper in the beginning of the play?
(a) A cub.
(b) His jacket.
(c) A hat.
(d) A folder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a term that Carr shouts at Tzara when he loses his temper in this section?

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

3. To what object does Carr liken the First World War as he describes Switzerland at the end of his monologue?

4. About what Swiss food does Carr state Rochefoucauld complained?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Henry Carr as he enters the play.

2. What is Lenin's ill-fated plan to leave Switzerland?

3. What ridiculous statement does Old Carr make about his connection to Lenin?

4. Describe Joyce's defense of classical literature.

5. Why does Cecily believe the British are unusually bumbling in their spying on Lenin?

6. What request is made of Carr by the British government at the end of the scene?

7. What caveat does Gwen give in accepting Tzara's proposal?

8. Describe Joyce's falling out with Carr.

9. How do Gwendolen and Cecily mishandle their folders in the beginning of the play?

10. How does Carr's opinion of Joyce seems to change as he sums up the writer's character in his monologue?

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