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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Against what does Carr's historical winner bet sixpence?
(a) Atlantis.
(b) The Titanic.
(c) Franz Ferdinand,
(d) Nero.

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

4. According to Carr, why was Marx wrong in his assessment of capitalism?
(a) He was writing during the Industrial Revolution.
(b) He was writing from a foriegn perspective.
(c) He has never invested in a major company.
(d) He was ill-educated.

5. What article of clothing does Carr mention is the focus of the lawsuit between Joyce and him?
(a) A hat.
(b) A cravat.
(c) A wescot.
(d) Trousers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What movement is represented by the artist Mayakovsky in this section?

2. Which of the following figures is not among the attendees Carr jokingly names for the Social Democrats for Civil War in Europe meeting?

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

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

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

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