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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Carr when he heard about the offset of the First World War?
(a) Saville Row.
(b) Dublin.
(c) Paris.
(d) Burbank.

2. What news does Nadya deliver to Lenin in the beginning of the play?
(a) The revolution has begun in St. Petersburg.
(b) The czar has abdicated.
(c) Trotsky has been exiled from Russia.
(d) She is pregnant.

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

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

5. In what year was Lenin forced into exile from Russia?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1894.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Bolsheviks, how long should the bourgeois-capitalist democracy last in Russia?

2. What two colors does Carr theorize that Joyce's smoking jacket might have been?

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

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

5. What is the profession of the man who has Lenin as a tenant, according to Carr?

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