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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does Carr recall he was acquainted with Joyce, Lenin, and Tzara?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1903.

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

3. What term for Germans is Carr unfamiliar with before entering the war?
(a) Hun.
(b) Boche.
(c) Saxon.
(d) Kraut.

4. According to Carr, what sensation is created by the many punctual clocks in Zurich?
(a) Harmony.
(b) Possibility.
(c) Permanence.
(d) Exactitude.

5. To what does Carr compare being an artist in his rebuttal to Tzara?
(a) Building cabinets.
(b) Flying.
(c) Eating.
(d) Cricket.

6. What masterwork is Joyce in the process of write when he and Carr are acquainted?
(a) Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man.
(b) The Dubliners.
(c) Ulysses.
(d) Finnegan's Wake.

7. According to Gwen in this section, what does Tzara do in addiction to writing poetry?
(a) He dances.
(b) He sculpts.
(c) He teaches art history.
(d) He paints.

8. According to Carr, what was always apparent in Joyce's personality?
(a) His profligacy.
(b) His genius.
(c) His Irishness.
(d) His shyness.

9. What did Tzara leave in Carr's drawing room on his last visit?
(a) A French phrasebook.
(b) A bar tab.
(c) His cigarette case.
(d) His library card.

10. How many times does Joyce instruct Gwen to repeat his dictation in the text?
(a) 3 times.
(b) 5 times.
(c) Twice.
(d) 10 times.

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

12. What is the topic of Lenin's new book?
(a) The free market.
(b) The war.
(c) Imperialism.
(d) The Armenian genocide.

13. As what does Carr theorize that Tzara is trying to pass?
(a) An actor.
(b) A duke.
(c) An artist.
(d) A spy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What character from the play has left his card with Bennett?

3. What two characters believe Tzara's first name is Jack?

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

5. Due to a clerical error on his birth certificate, what if James Joyce's legal middle name?

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