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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) The capitalist system began improving.
(c) The worker officially became alienated form his labor.
(d) Britain became the dominent manufacturing state.

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

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

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

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

6. What did Lenin do during a major famine in Russia?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Wrote his first book.
(c) Organized soup kitchens.
(d) Emigrated.

7. Which of the following is not a title that Joyce attaches to Odysseus in this section?
(a) Lover.
(b) Politician.
(c) Intellect.
(d) Pacifist.

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

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

10. As an artist, to what does Joyce tell Carr he attaches no importance?
(a) Money.
(b) Love.
(c) Good taste.
(d) Politics.

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

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

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

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

15. During his introduction in the beginning of this section, what is the only thing that Carr says he knows of Joyce?
(a) His hometown.
(b) His name.
(c) His reputation.
(d) His work.

Short Answer Questions

1. In mocking Tzara's Dadaist pretensions in this section, what does Carr say the communist will have Tzara pissing?

2. What is covering Joyce when he returns to the scene to speak with Tzara?

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

4. According to Tzara, artists and intellectuals will be what to the Russian Revolution?

5. What is the first thing that Carr does when he meets Tzara in this section?

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