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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Thinking that he is Tristan Tzara, how does Cecily characterize Henry Carr when they meet in Act 2?
(a) Dark and mysterious.
(b) Foolish and profligate.
(c) Decadent and nihilistic.
(d) Brilliant and radical.

2. What does Carr imagine Cecily doing as she berates him at the end of this section?
(a) Stripping.
(b) Jumping rope.
(c) Waltzing with him.
(d) Tearing up Lenin's manuscript.

3. At the beginning of this section, what does Carr tell Bennett is completely absent from Switzerland?
(a) News journals.
(b) Cod.
(c) Lechery.
(d) War.

4. On what day is the Zurich Library closed?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Monday.

5. Which of the following facts does Carr announce is not open to correction at the end of his monologue?
(a) His politics.
(b) His name.
(c) His height.
(d) His prowess as a lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. What article of clothing does Bannett mention specifically when describing Tzara to Carr?

2. What does Bennett think are the odds against Lenin prevailing in Russia?

3. Which of the following is not a title that Joyce attaches to Odysseus in this section?

4. According to Carr, what likely happened around the same time as Das Kapital was published?

5. What is the name of the man in whose house Lenin stay in Zurich?

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