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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. What decision by Russia's provincial government enrages the Soviets in this section?
(a) It arrests the Bolshevik leadership.
(b) It signs a nonaggression treaty with Serbia.
(c) It stays involved in the war.
(d) It gives amnesty to the czar and his family.

2. What does Bennett think are the odds against Lenin prevailing in Russia?
(a) 1,000 to 1.
(b) 10,000 to 1.
(c) 1 million to 1.
(d) 1 billion to 1.

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

4. Which of the following locations is not mentioned by Carr as he describes the horrors of the First World War?
(a) Alsace.
(b) Montenegro,
(c) Moscow.
(d) Serbia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Marx's theories, what must the Marxist embrace temporarily in order to eventually have a proletarian state?

2. In this section Carr comments that is entirely reasonable for the exploited classes of Russia to turn against whom?

3. What does Carr wish to match in choosing a red cravat?

4. To what country's system of government does Bennett compare the anticipate Russian state at the end of his explanation of Marxist?

5. What sound effect does Stoppard recommend to accompany time slips in the play?

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