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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what object does Carr liken the First World War as he describes Switzerland at the end of his monologue?
(a) A bull.
(b) A scale.
(c) A wheel.
(d) A hurricane.

2. For what purpose does Joyce say he needs money from Carr?
(a) To mount a play.
(b) To afford a ring for Gwen.
(c) To pay off a debt.
(d) To send his manuscript to Ireland.

3. According to Tzara, how do Communists like their art?
(a) Revolutionary.
(b) Bourgeois.
(c) Tasteless.
(d) Nonexistent.

4. In this section Carr comments that is entirely reasonable for the exploited classes of Russia to turn against whom?
(a) Their servants.
(b) The government.
(c) Themselves.
(d) Their spouses.

5. What is the profession of the man who has Lenin as a tenant, according to Carr?
(a) A cobbler.
(b) A musician.
(c) A banker.
(d) A mason.

6. In describing his trenches experience in this section, Carr says he ruined several what?
(a) Medals.
(b) Pairs of trousers.
(c) Rifles.
(d) First edition Trollopes.

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

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

9. Which character shushes the other characters onstage in the first scene of the play?
(a) Tzara.
(b) Joyce.
(c) Nadya.
(d) Cecily.

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

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

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

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

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

15. When Bennett states that a social revolution has occurred in Russia, what activity does Carr assume this involves?
(a) Peasants reading.
(b) Women smoking.
(c) Soldiers protesting.
(d) Nuns copulating.

Short Answer Questions

1. What article of clothing does Carr mention is the focus of the lawsuit between Joyce and him?

2. Which of the following Dada artists in not mentioned by mentioned by Carr in his monologue?

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

4. The Zimmerwaldists believe the workers of the world need to oppose what?

5. To what does Carr compare being an artist in his rebuttal to Tzara?

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