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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What art movement is born our of the Meierei Bar in Zurich?
(a) Dada.
(b) Cubism.
(c) Abstract Expressionism.
(d) Surrealism.

2. Which of the following characters does not enter at the beginning of this section?
(a) Gwendolen.
(b) Cecily.
(c) Tzara.
(d) Joyce.

3. Bennett, at the end of this section, says that the British believe the most important Russian leader is still whom?
(a) Kerensky.
(b) Trotsky.
(c) Czar Nicholas.
(d) Lenin.

4. To which "misfortune" does Carr refer in this section, regarding Tristan Tzara (14)?
(a) He is Romanian.
(b) He was wounded in the war.
(c) He is an artist.
(d) He has lost his wife.

5. Where was Carr when he heard about the offset of the First World War?
(a) Dublin.
(b) Burbank.
(c) Saville Row.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. In describing his trenches experience in this section, Carr says he ruined several what?

2. Which of the following is not a term that Carr shouts at Tzara when he loses his temper in this section?

3. According to Carr, what is the name of the street in Zurich on which both Lenin's lodging and Meierei bar were located?

4. What two colors does Carr theorize that Joyce's smoking jacket might have been?

5. When Bennett states that a social revolution has occurred in Russia, what activity does Carr assume this involves?

Short Essay Questions

1. What warning does Carr give Tzara regarding the Bolsheviks int his section?

2. How does Joyce convince Carr to take the role of Algernon?

3. How does Gwen react to Tzara's poem?

4. Why does Tzara distrust beauty and reason?

5. Why does Tzara have two names?

6. Describe Lenin's aversion to career artists.

7. How does Joyce explain his decision to produce The Importance of Being Earnest?

8. What opinion do the Bolsheviks have regarding bourgeois-capitalist democracy in Russia?

9. What caveat does Gwen give in accepting Tzara's proposal?

10. Why does Carr bring up Bennett's logbook in this section?

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