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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does Joyce request of Carr after the play for tickets?
(a) 20 francs.
(b) 10 francs.
(c) 15 francs.
(d) 25 francs.

2. In this section, Tzara tells Gwen that her most perfect attribute is her what?
(a) Hands.
(b) Voice.
(c) Posterior.
(d) Ear.

3. How many socialist ministers exist in West European governments in 1917?
(a) 10.
(b) 25.
(c) 75.
(d) None.

4. Thinking that he is Tristan Tzara, how does Cecily characterize Henry Carr when they meet in Act 2?
(a) Foolish and profligate.
(b) Brilliant and radical.
(c) Dark and mysterious.
(d) Decadent and nihilistic.

5. Whose poetry does Tzara attempt the dismember for Gwendolen in this section?
(a) Petrarch's.
(b) Donne's.
(c) Milton's.
(d) Shakespeare's.

6. What is the word on the first strip of paper that Tzara draws for Gwen's poem?
(a) Possession.
(b) Moon.
(c) Darling.
(d) Compare.

7. What problematic attribute makes finding two Swedes for Lenin particularly difficult?
(a) They must be deaf-mute.
(b) They must have only one arm each.
(c) They must be twins.
(d) They must speak Russian.

8. What accessory does Lenin intend to wear as he steals out of Switzerland?
(a) Face bandages.
(b) A wig.
(c) Sunglasses.
(d) A cape.

9. What affliction does Joyce confess to having at the beginning of this section?
(a) Narcolepsy.
(b) Gout.
(c) Syphillis.
(d) Glaucoma.

10. What food does Carr eat in this section as he tries to reason through his situation?
(a) Muffins.
(b) Tea-cakes,
(c) Cucumber sandwiches.
(d) Sardines.

11. What name does Henry Carr use to describe his "brother Jack" to Cecily (47)?
(a) Booby.
(b) Lout.
(c) Prude.
(d) Saint.

12. After what French writer do the Dadaists name their Cabaret at the Meierei Bar?
(a) Balzac.
(b) Rabelais.
(c) Rousseau.
(d) Voltaire.

13. According to Carr, why was Marx wrong in his assessment of capitalism?
(a) He has never invested in a major company.
(b) He was writing from a foriegn perspective.
(c) He was ill-educated.
(d) He was writing during the Industrial Revolution.

14. When he finally explodes at Joyce, into what does Tzara say the writer has turned literature?
(a) Nonsense.
(b) A religion.
(c) Trash.
(d) A political tool.

15. Why does Cecily forgive Carr's outburst in the library in this section?
(a) She is captivated by him.
(b) She is about to quit her post as librarian.
(c) The reference section is about to close.
(d) The library is empty.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Tzara, Huelsenbeck wanted to connect Dadaism to what other movement?

2. What composer's music reduces Lenin to tears int his section?

3. For what purpose does Carr propose that he and Cecily go to lunch?

4. What is the name of the man in whose house Lenin stay in Zurich?

5. In 1917, who is about to join the Allies in the war?

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