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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 3.

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) Brilliant and radical.
(d) Decadent and nihilistic.

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

3. Where on his body was Carr wounded in the war?
(a) His leg.
(b) His hindquarters.
(c) His shoulder.
(d) His foot.

4. In this section, Lenin proclaims that no freedom can be achieved in a society based on what?
(a) Slavery.
(b) Mankind.
(c) Money.
(d) Lies.

5. Why does Cecily dislike Oscar WIlde?
(a) He is Irish.
(b) He is a bourgeois individualist.
(c) He is a noted colonialist.
(d) He is a homosexual.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Citing Karl Marx in this section, Bennett states that there is no way for a country to transition seamlessly from autocracy to what?

3. What does Joyce pull out of Tzara's hat before leaving the stage?

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 accessory does Lenin intend to wear as he steals out of Switzerland?

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