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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Carr dream about sometimes?
(a) Cross-examining Joyce.
(b) Writing Ulysses.
(c) The trenches.
(d) Acting in The Importance of Being Earnest.

2. According to Carr, what sensation is created by the many punctual clocks in Zurich?
(a) Permanence.
(b) Exactitude.
(c) Possibility.
(d) Harmony.

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

4. When he finally explodes at Joyce, into what does Tzara say the writer has turned literature?
(a) Trash.
(b) A religion.
(c) A political tool.
(d) Nonsense.

5. To what does Carr compare being an artist in his rebuttal to Tzara?
(a) Cricket.
(b) Eating.
(c) Building cabinets.
(d) Flying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Dada artist entitle the work that consists of his name in the snow?

2. What is covering Joyce when he returns to the scene to speak with Tzara?

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

4. How does Carr describe his trial against Joyce at the end of Act 1?

5. In what year does Carr recall he was acquainted with Joyce, Lenin, and Tzara?

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