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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what Swiss food does Carr state Rochefoucauld complained?
(a) Swiss cheese.
(b) Swiss pastries.
(c) Swiss chocolate.
(d) Swiss goat milk.

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

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

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

5. Bennett, at the end of this section, says that the British believe the most important Russian leader is still whom?
(a) Trotsky.
(b) Czar Nicholas.
(c) Kerensky.
(d) Lenin.

6. Due to a clerical error on his birth certificate, what if James Joyce's legal middle name?
(a) Augusta.
(b) Maria.
(c) Clara.
(d) Patricia.

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

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

9. 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.

10. What precious stone is in Carr's preferred studs?
(a) Emerald.
(b) Opal.
(c) Saphire.
(d) Ruby.

11. What two items are mentioned several times in this section as part of a time slip?
(a) Cufflinks and studs.
(b) Newspapers and telegrams.
(c) Ties and ascots.
(d) Fruits and cheeses.

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

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

14. What character from the play has left his card with Bennett?
(a) Joyce.
(b) Lenin.
(c) Tzara.
(d) Carr.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What two colors does Carr theorize that Joyce's smoking jacket might have been?

2. In what two locations does the play take place?

3. From what Irish town does Carr announce James Joyce did not hale?

4. What is the only driving force of war, according to Tzara?

5. What object does Tzara say man would be without art?

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