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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In this section, what action does Tzara publicly state he will never do again?
(a) Return to the Library.
(b) Sculpt.
(c) Shake his brother's hand.
(d) Lie to Cecily or Lenin.

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

3. Where are Lenin and Nadya when the war breaks out?
(a) Russia.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Austro-Hungary.
(d) Italy.

4. What Russian writer's name is Carr unable to pronounce at the end of this section?
(a) Chekhov.
(b) Dostoyevsky.
(c) Tolstoy.
(d) Pushkin.

5. What novel by Tolstoy does Lenin especially admire?
(a) Boyhood.
(b) Anna Karenina.
(c) War and Peace.
(d) Resurrection.

6. 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.

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

8. What role from The Importance of Being Earnest does Carr actually play?
(a) Lady Bracknell.
(b) Algernon.
(c) Lane.
(d) Jack.

9. What is the name of the man in whose house Lenin stay in Zurich?
(a) Bedetung.
(b) Kammerer.
(c) Schweisz.
(d) Crousse.

10. What Shakespearean lady has Carr played at Eton?
(a) Lady Macbeth.
(b) Goneril.
(c) Cleopatra.
(d) Rosalind.

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

12. From what type of dictionary does Tzara claim the word Dada was taken?
(a) Larousse.
(b) Medical.
(c) Webster.
(d) Oxford.

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

14. According to Cecily, what is the sole purpose of art?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Social criticism.
(c) To be burned.
(d) To be a commodity.

15. What profession does Lenin's attire suggest when he enters in Act 2?
(a) A porter.
(b) A banker.
(c) A parson.
(d) A doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Lenin's poorly-remembered speech in this section, what does losing two revolutions look like?

2. On what day is the Zurich Library closed?

3. What does Carr dream about sometimes?

4. In this section, Tzara tells Gwen that her most perfect attribute is her what?

5. When he finally explodes at Joyce, into what does Tzara say the writer has turned literature?

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