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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Tristan Tzara die?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1933,
(c) 1950.
(d) 1963.

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

3. What does Joyce pull out of Tzara's hat before leaving the stage?
(a) A whole poem.
(b) His manuscript.
(c) Another hat.
(d) A rabbit.

4. What two countries are attempting to prevent Lenin's entry to Russia?
(a) Belgium and France.
(b) Germany and Italy.
(c) Germany and Serbia.
(d) Britain and France.

5. According to Bennett in this section, what are the new odds against Lenin's success?
(a) 10,000 to 1.
(b) 1,000 to 1.
(c) 10 to 1.
(d) 100 to 1.

6. What movement is represented by the artist Mayakovsky in this section?
(a) Expressionism.
(b) Dadaism.
(c) Futurism.
(d) Cubism.

7. According to Joyce, what is the only country not to have its art well-represented in Zurich?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) Germany.
(d) Russia.

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

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

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

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

12. In this section, Lenin proclaims that no freedom can be achieved in a society based on what?
(a) Slavery.
(b) Mankind.
(c) Money.
(d) Lies.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lenin dislike about the staging of a Dickens tale?

2. Who does Gwen leave to tell of her engagement to Tzara?

3. Having only studied alphabetically, Carr says that politically he has not progressed beyond what?

4. Why does Cecily dislike Oscar WIlde?

5. What name does Henry Carr use to describe his "brother Jack" to Cecily (47)?

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