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Travesties Quiz

Tom Stoppard
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Travesties Quiz

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1)

For what purpose does Joyce say he needs money from Carr? (from Act 1, Part 3)

To send his manuscript to Ireland.
To afford a ring for Gwen.
To pay off a debt.
To mount a play.
2)

What aspect of Joyce's personality does Carr hysterically criticism when the former enters? (from Act 2, Part 3)

His stinginess.
His style of dress.
His style of writing.
His arrogance.
3)

Which of the following is not a term that Carr shouts at Tzara when he loses his temper in this section? (from Act 1, Part 3)

Atheist.
Dago.
Pedant.
Bolshevik.
4)

By his own estimation, what makes Tzara an artist? (from Act 1, Part 3)

He is innately creative.
He creates beauty.
He is Romanian.
He says he is.
5)

According to Tzara, how do Communists like their art? (from Act 1, Part 3)

Nonexistent.
Tasteless.
Bourgeois.
Revolutionary.
6)

To whom does Tzara credit the creation of Dada? (from Act 1, Part 4)

Picabia.
Arp.
Duchamp.
Himself.
7)

How many languages can Joyce speak? (from Act 2, Part 3)

2.
6.
1.
4.
8)

What does Cecily recall doing as Lenin left Zurich? (from Act 2, Part 3)

Kissing him goodbye.
Chasing the train for over a mile.
Waving a red hanky.
Sleeping through his departure.
9)

Who does Gwen leave to tell of her engagement to Tzara? (from Act 1, Part 4)

Joyce.
Cecily.
Bennett.
Carr.
10)

Where on his body was Carr wounded in the war? (from Act 1, Part 3)

His hindquarters.
His foot.
His leg.
His shoulder.
11)

What is the first thing that Carr does when he meets Tzara in this section? (from Act 2, Part 2)

He dances with him.
He runs away from him.
He punches him.
He apologizes to him.
12)

How much money does Joyce request of Carr after the play for tickets? (from Act 1, Part 4)

25 francs.
15 francs.
10 francs.
20 francs.
13)

The Zimmerwaldists believe the workers of the world need to oppose what? (from Act 1, Part 3)

Capitalist exploitation.
The war.
Tariffs.
The Communists.
14)

What composer's music reduces Lenin to tears int his section? (from Act 2, Part 2)

Beethoven.
Brahms.
Mozart.
Wagner.
15)

To what does Carr compare being an artist in his rebuttal to Tzara? (from Act 1, Part 3)

Cricket.
Building cabinets.
Eating.
Flying.
16)

What does Carr imagine Cecily doing as she berates him at the end of this section? (from Act 2, Part 1)

Stripping.
Jumping rope.
Waltzing with him.
Tearing up Lenin's manuscript.
17)

What Russian writer's name is Carr unable to pronounce at the end of this section? (from Act 2, Part 2)

Dostoyevsky.
Chekhov.
Pushkin.
Tolstoy.
18)

For what purpose does Carr propose that he and Cecily go to lunch? (from Act 2, Part 1)

So he can tell her the truth about Jack.
So he can show her his Dada poetry.
So she can reform him.
So she can tell him about Lenin.
19)

What is Carr holding when he enters the scene of the two women arguing? (from Act 2, Part 3)

Tzara's hat.
Cecily's folder.
His play trousers.
A copy of Das Kapital.
20)

What is the only component of Carr's story that Old Cecily says it true? (from Act 2, Part 3)

The swapping of the folders.
The court case.
The invention of Jack.
Carr's meeting Lenin.
21)

What is the word on the first strip of paper that Tzara draws for Gwen's poem? (from Act 1, Part 4)

Possession.
Compare.
Moon.
Darling.
22)

How many socialist ministers exist in West European governments in 1917? (from Act 2, Part 1)

10.
25.
75.
None.
23)

Which of the following is not a title that Joyce attaches to Odysseus in this section? (from Act 1, Part 4)

Lover.
Politician.
Intellect.
Pacifist.
24)

When did Cecily fall in love with Carr? (from Act 2, Part 1)

When he criticized Marx.
When he came into the library.
When "Jack" mentioned his brother.
When Gwen mentioned her brother.
25)

In this section, Carr and Tzara cannot decide between which two countries as to which they are defending? (from Act 1, Part 3)

Belguim and Serbia.
France and Germany.
Serbia and France.
Germany and Belgium.
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