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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Lenin dislike about the staging of a Dickens tale?
(a) Its relentless Britishness.
(b) Its classism.
(c) Its Christian undertones.
(d) Its sentimentality.

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

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

5. In Lenin's poorly-remembered speech in this section, what does losing two revolutions look like?
(a) Moderation.
(b) Weakness.
(c) Carelessness.
(d) Hopelessness.

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

7. According to Tzara, artists and intellectuals will be what to the Russian Revolution?
(a) A thorn in the side.
(b) Priests.
(c) Conscience.
(d) The voice.

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

9. Thinking that he is Tristan Tzara, how does Cecily characterize Henry Carr when they meet in Act 2?
(a) Brilliant and radical.
(b) Decadent and nihilistic.
(c) Dark and mysterious.
(d) Foolish and profligate.

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

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

12. Why does Tzara quote so sparingly from Hugo Ball's diary in describing him to Joyce?
(a) It is written mostly in gibberish.
(b) He cannot remember much of it.
(c) Its copyright has not elapsed.
(d) He is making up the diary.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Carr end up giving Joyce in this section?

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

3. How does Carr describe his trial against Joyce at the end of Act 1?

4. What movement is represented by the artist Mayakovsky in this section?

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

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