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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Marx's theories, what must the Marxist embrace temporarily in order to eventually have a proletarian state?
(a) A bourgeois revolution.
(b) The Germans.
(c) Anarchic violence.
(d) A dictatorship.

2. Upon what does Tzara announce defiantly that he spits?
(a) The classics.
(b) Joyce's novel.
(c) Religion.
(d) Switzerland.

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

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

5. What color does Carr recall Lenin's eyes being?
(a) Grey.
(b) Brown.
(c) Black.
(d) Blue.

6. What does the British government request of Carr int his section?
(a) That he allow Lenin passage out of Switzerland.
(b) That he return to the front.
(c) That he return to London.
(d) That he spy on Lenin.

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

8. How does Tzara say Cecily is studying the great poets?
(a) Alphabetically.
(b) Chronologically.
(c) Sporadically.
(d) In order of importance.

9. 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.

10. Which of the following characters does not enter at the beginning of this section?
(a) Cecily.
(b) Tzara.
(c) Gwendolen.
(d) Joyce.

11. Which of the following Dada artists in not mentioned by mentioned by Carr in his monologue?
(a) Ball.
(b) Duchamp.
(c) Picabia.
(d) Arp.

12. What does Carr wish to match in choosing a red cravat?
(a) His date's dress.
(b) His carnation.
(c) His cumberbund.
(d) The union jack.

13. What object does Tzara say man would be without art?
(a) A coffee-grinder.
(b) A turnstile.
(c) A thresher.
(d) A grain silo.

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

15. Citing Karl Marx in this section, Bennett states that there is no way for a country to transition seamlessly from autocracy to what?
(a) Utopia.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Concensus.
(d) Democracy.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Tzara, what is out of fashion since the war?

2. In this section, Carr and Tzara cannot decide between which two countries as to which they are defending?

3. In what country were Joyce and his wife when the war started?

4. When Bennett states that a social revolution has occurred in Russia, what activity does Carr assume this involves?

5. What did Tzara leave in Carr's drawing room on his last visit?

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