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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. Whose dropped writings does Joyce pick up in the first scene of the play?
(a) Tzara.
(b) Carr.
(c) Gwendolen.
(d) Lenin.

2. What is Carr's first name?
(a) Henry.
(b) Charles.
(c) Lionel.
(d) Ernest.

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

4. To what symbol of nonviolence does Carr compare Switzerland in his monologue?
(a) An olive branch.
(b) A white flag.
(c) A dove.
(d) A plowshare.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Against what does Carr's historical winner bet sixpence?

2. Which of the following Dada artists in not mentioned by mentioned by Carr in his monologue?

3. What art movement is born our of the Meierei Bar in Zurich?

4. According to Carr, what was always apparent in Joyce's personality?

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

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