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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. Upon what does Tzara announce defiantly that he spits?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) The classics.
(c) Religion.
(d) Joyce's novel.

2. Which of the following is not a term that Carr shouts at Tzara when he loses his temper in this section?
(a) Atheist.
(b) Pedant.
(c) Bolshevik.
(d) Dago.

3. What is the only driving force of war, according to Tzara?
(a) Ego.
(b) Bloodlust.
(c) Religion.
(d) Capitalism.

4. Which of the following Dada artists in not mentioned by mentioned by Carr in his monologue?
(a) Ball.
(b) Arp.
(c) Duchamp.
(d) Picabia.

5. For what purpose does Joyce say he needs money from Carr?
(a) To mount a play.
(b) To send his manuscript to Ireland.
(c) To pay off a debt.
(d) To afford a ring for Gwen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color does Carr recall Lenin's eyes being?

2. What is Carr's first name?

3. From what object is Tzara drawing slips of paper in the beginning of the play?

4. In what two locations does the play take place?

5. Which of the following characters does not enter at the beginning of this section?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the last straw for Gwen and Cecily regarding Tzara and Carr?

3. What is the real reason for Tzara's visit?

4. Why does Cecily think Henry Carr is someone else?

5. Why does Tzara have two names?

6. What parts of Henry Carr's story can be definitively believed by the audience?

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

8. What new revelation regarding Bennett is revealed in the final moments of the play?

9. In what terms does Carr describe Switzerland in this section?

10. What does Lenin ask Nadya to do when he is imprisoned in St. Petersburg?

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