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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. From what object is Tzara drawing slips of paper in the beginning of the play?
(a) A cub.
(b) His jacket.
(c) A hat.
(d) A folder.

3. According to Carr in this section, what activity was not encouraged or expressly forbidden in the British Consular Service?
(a) Culinary pursuits.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Theatrics.
(d) Backpacking.

4. How many bottles of champagne have gone missing under Bennett's watch?
(a) 17.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) None.

5. What is the only driving force of war, according to Tzara?
(a) Religion.
(b) Bloodlust.
(c) Ego.
(d) Capitalism.

6. For what occasion is Carr dressing in this section?
(a) The theatre.
(b) A wedding.
(c) A diplomatic banquet.
(d) A date.

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

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

9. What two colors does Carr theorize that Joyce's smoking jacket might have been?
(a) Brown or grey.
(b) Maroon or pink.
(c) Blue or purple.
(d) Gold or taupe.

10. In what country were Joyce and his wife when the war started?
(a) France.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Belgium.
(d) Austro-Hungary.

11. What article of clothing does Bannett mention specifically when describing Tzara to Carr?
(a) Spats.
(b) Monocle.
(c) Top hat.
(d) Bow tie.

12. Which of the following is not a term that Carr shouts at Tzara when he loses his temper in this section?
(a) Dago.
(b) Pedant.
(c) Atheist.
(d) Bolshevik.

13. To what country's system of government does Bennett compare the anticipate Russian state at the end of his explanation of Marxist?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) America.

14. How does the style of dialogue change as the new characters enter in this section?
(a) Everyone speaks only with the word "dada".
(b) Everyone speaks in French.
(c) Everyone speaks in pantomime.
(d) Everyone speaks in limericks.

15. What does the Dada artist entitle the work that consists of his name in the snow?
(a) Heaven.
(b) The Alps.
(c) Fountain.
(d) Journey's End.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what symbol of nonviolence does Carr compare Switzerland in his monologue?

2. Where on his body was Carr wounded in the war?

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

4. To which "misfortune" does Carr refer in this section, regarding Tristan Tzara (14)?

5. To what object does Carr liken the First World War as he describes Switzerland at the end of his monologue?

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