View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who is the the Prime Minister of England in 1917?
(a) Asquith.
(b) Lloyd George.
(c) Chamberlain.
(d) Churchill.

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

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

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

10. What type of literature does Lenin denounce in a 1905 speech in this section?
(a) Pornographic literature.
(b) Decadent literature.
(c) Non-partisan literature.
(d) Bourgeois literature.

11. Which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta is not mentioned in the section?
(a) The Mikado.
(b) Patience.
(c) Iolanthe.
(d) The H.M.S. Pinafore.

12. On what day is the Zurich Library closed?
(a) Monday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Sunday.

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

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

15. What is covering Joyce when he returns to the scene to speak with Tzara?
(a) Carnations.
(b) Slips of paper.
(c) Water.
(d) A sheet.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Cecily, what is the sole purpose of art?

2. According to Tzara, Huelsenbeck wanted to connect Dadaism to what other movement?

3. In Lenin's poorly-remembered speech in this section, what does losing two revolutions look like?

4. Where are Lenin and Nadya when the war breaks out?

5. After what French writer do the Dadaists name their Cabaret at the Meierei Bar?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 421 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample