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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose work does Carr excitedly want produced by James Joyce's theatrical troupe?
(a) Oscar Wilde.
(b) Gilbert and Sullivan.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) His own.

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

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

4. What is the name of the man in whose house Lenin stay in Zurich?
(a) Kammerer.
(b) Bedetung.
(c) Schweisz.
(d) Crousse.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. What Shakespearean lady has Carr played at Eton?
(a) Rosalind.
(b) Goneril.
(c) Lady Macbeth.
(d) Cleopatra.

12. 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.

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

14. What new information does Cecily reveal about Bennett in this section?
(a) He is a spy.
(b) He is an amateur poet.
(c) He is a Bolshevik sympathizer.
(d) He has fled to Serbia.

15. When did Cecily fall in love with Carr?
(a) When Gwen mentioned her brother.
(b) When he came into the library.
(c) When he criticized Marx.
(d) When "Jack" mentioned his brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Joyce, what is the only country not to have its art well-represented in Zurich?

2. In this section, Cecily say that when the history of the revolution is written, what will not loom large in it?

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

4. How many socialist ministers exist in West European governments in 1917?

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

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