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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What objects are inadvertently interposed int he beginning of the play?
(a) Two passports.
(b) Two hats.
(c) Two folders.
(d) Two books.

2. What art movement is born our of the Meierei Bar in Zurich?
(a) Surrealism.
(b) Cubism.
(c) Abstract Expressionism.
(d) Dada.

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

4. To what object does Carr liken the First World War as he describes Switzerland at the end of his monologue?
(a) A bull.
(b) A wheel.
(c) A scale.
(d) A hurricane.

5. How many times does Joyce instruct Gwen to repeat his dictation in the text?
(a) 5 times.
(b) Twice.
(c) 10 times.
(d) 3 times.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Nadya deliver to Lenin in the beginning of the play?

2. Which of the following facts does Carr announce is not open to correction at the end of his monologue?

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

4. Whose dropped writings does Joyce pick up in the first scene of the play?

5. Which character shushes the other characters onstage in the first scene of the play?

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