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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. In what year was Lenin forced into exile from Russia?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1894.
(d) 1916.

2. What sound effect does Stoppard recommend to accompany time slips in the play?
(a) A tuba blast.
(b) A thunder clap.
(c) A shattering of glass.
(d) A cuckoo clock chime.

3. How does the style of dialogue change as the new characters enter in this section?
(a) Everyone speaks only with the word "dada".
(b) Everyone speaks in French.
(c) Everyone speaks in limericks.
(d) Everyone speaks in pantomime.

4. According to Marx's theories, what must the Marxist embrace temporarily in order to eventually have a proletarian state?
(a) The Germans.
(b) A dictatorship.
(c) A bourgeois revolution.
(d) Anarchic violence.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Carr in this section, what activity was not encouraged or expressly forbidden in the British Consular Service?

2. How many bottles of champagne have gone missing under Bennett's watch?

3. What is Carr's first name?

4. What article of clothing does Carr mention is the focus of the lawsuit between Joyce and him?

5. About what Swiss food does Carr state Rochefoucauld complained?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Henry Carr change at the end of his monologue?

2. How does Carr explain the essential pleasure of Switzerland to Bennett at the beginning of this section?

3. How does Bennett become an asset to Lenin?

4. Why does Tzara have two names?

5. How does Henry Carr dismiss the writings of Marx in this section?

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

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

8. What lie does Carr argue is the artist's great achievement?

9. How is Lenin devastated and frustrated listening to a Beethoven symphony?

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

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