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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Carr, what likely happened around the same time as Das Kapital was published?
(a) Europe lost interest in socialism.
(b) Britain became the dominent manufacturing state.
(c) The worker officially became alienated form his labor.
(d) The capitalist system began improving.

2. Who is the the Prime Minister of England in 1917?
(a) Lloyd George.
(b) Chamberlain.
(c) Asquith.
(d) Churchill.

3. To whom does Tzara credit the creation of Dada?
(a) Duchamp.
(b) Picabia.
(c) Himself.
(d) Arp.

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

5. Whose work does Carr excitedly want produced by James Joyce's theatrical troupe?
(a) Oscar Wilde.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Gilbert and Sullivan.
(d) His own.

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

7. At a meeting of Russian emigres in Zurich, though what country do the Russians discuss passing to return to their homeland?
(a) Germany.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Finland.
(d) Poland.

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

9. Why does Tzara quote so sparingly from Hugo Ball's diary in describing him to Joyce?
(a) Its copyright has not elapsed.
(b) It is written mostly in gibberish.
(c) He is making up the diary.
(d) He cannot remember much of it.

10. In what town is the most famous photo of Lenin taken?
(a) Bern.
(b) St. Petersburg.
(c) Zurich.
(d) Moscow.

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

12. According to Tzara, Huelsenbeck wanted to connect Dadaism to what other movement?
(a) Communism.
(b) Film.
(c) Surrealism.
(d) Anarchism.

13. What is the first thing that Carr does when he meets Tzara in this section?
(a) He dances with him.
(b) He runs away from him.
(c) He punches him.
(d) He apologizes to him.

14. For what purpose does Carr propose that he and Cecily go to lunch?
(a) So he can show her his Dada poetry.
(b) So he can tell her the truth about Jack.
(c) So she can reform him.
(d) So she can tell him about Lenin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Carr imagine Cecily doing as she berates him at the end of this section?

2. What novel by Tolstoy does Lenin especially admire?

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

4. Which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta is not mentioned in the section?

5. What movement is represented by the artist Mayakovsky in this section?

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