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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What leader does Lenin state that he particularly distrusts in this section?
(a) Grimm.
(b) Lloyd George.
(c) Kerensky.
(d) Wilson.

5. 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.

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

7. Who does Gwen leave to tell of her engagement to Tzara?
(a) Bennett.
(b) Cecily.
(c) Joyce.
(d) Carr.

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

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

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

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

12. Having only studied alphabetically, Carr says that politically he has not progressed beyond what?
(a) Bolshevism.
(b) Despotism.
(c) Antidisestablishmentarianism.
(d) Anarchism.

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

14. Why does Cecily dislike Oscar WIlde?
(a) He is a homosexual.
(b) He is a bourgeois individualist.
(c) He is Irish.
(d) He is a noted colonialist.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the word on the first strip of paper that Tzara draws for Gwen's poem?

2. When did Cecily fall in love with Carr?

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

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

5. Why does Cecily forgive Carr's outburst in the library in this section?

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