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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In this section, Cecily say that when the history of the revolution is written, what will not loom large in it?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) Her name.
(c) Dada.
(d) The Kerensky government.

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

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

4. What profession does Lenin's attire suggest when he enters in Act 2?
(a) A parson.
(b) A banker.
(c) A porter.
(d) A doctor.

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

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

7. What does Carr dream about sometimes?
(a) Acting in The Importance of Being Earnest.
(b) The trenches.
(c) Cross-examining Joyce.
(d) Writing Ulysses.

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

9. When Cecily finally lashes out at Carr, she says Marx warns the worker against all of the following groups but which?
(a) Piecemeal reformers.
(b) Liberals.
(c) Philanthropists.
(d) Police.

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

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

12. What accessory does Lenin intend to wear as he steals out of Switzerland?
(a) A cape.
(b) Face bandages.
(c) Sunglasses.
(d) A wig.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What role from The Importance of Being Earnest does Carr actually play?

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

3. When he finally explodes at Joyce, into what does Tzara say the writer has turned literature?

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

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

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