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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 Carr end up giving Joyce in this section?
(a) 10 pounds.
(b) 5 pounds.
(c) 2 pounds.
(d) 14 pounds.

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

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

4. In mocking Tzara's Dadaist pretensions in this section, what does Carr say the communist will have Tzara pissing?
(a) One color.
(b) Multicolored.
(c) Vinegar.
(d) Blood.

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

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

7. How does Carr describe his trial against Joyce at the end of Act 1?
(a) An epic battle.
(b) A fait accompli.
(c) A kangaroo court.
(d) A travesty.

8. In 1917, who is about to join the Allies in the war?
(a) Russia.
(b) America.
(c) France.
(d) Britain.

9. What does Carr imagine Cecily doing as she berates him at the end of this section?
(a) Stripping.
(b) Waltzing with him.
(c) Tearing up Lenin's manuscript.
(d) Jumping rope.

10. Which of the following is not a specific art movement that Lenin decries as incomprehensible in this section?
(a) Futurism.
(b) Cubism.
(c) Dadaism.
(d) Expressionism.

11. According to Tzara, artists and intellectuals will be what to the Russian Revolution?
(a) A thorn in the side.
(b) Conscience.
(c) The voice.
(d) Priests.

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

13. What composer's music reduces Lenin to tears int his section?
(a) Mozart.
(b) Wagner.
(c) Brahms.
(d) Beethoven.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what town is the most famous photo of Lenin taken?

2. In this section, Lenin proclaims that no freedom can be achieved in a society based on what?

3. What two countries are attempting to prevent Lenin's entry to Russia?

4. What Russian writer's name is Carr unable to pronounce at the end of this section?

5. What does Joyce pull out of Tzara's hat before leaving the stage?

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