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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: Chaps. 7-8, pp. 225-242.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Xavier leave the beautiful woman?
(a) He no longer loves her.
(b) The world becomes even more beautiful because it came at the cost of her love.
(c) He loves her but not enough to fight her husband for her.
(d) His life is much more difficult than she can ever bear.

2. What question does the middle-aged woman have for the group of poets?
(a) How is modern love different from love in the past?
(b) Why was the bus stop moved down the road?
(c) How will socialism affect poetic forms?
(d) How will socialism affect their personal lives?

3. How many poets participate in the recitation?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Eight.

4. Why does Jaromil like the girl in the white coat who works at the store?
(a) She reminds him of his old maid, Magda.
(b) He is attracted to women who wear white.
(c) She has a great revolutionary spirit.
(d) She looks like his mother when she was young.

5. Who is most upset that the bus stop was moved two blocks away from the villa?
(a) The pretty cinematographer.
(b) The man with the wooden leg.
(c) The organizer of the poetry recitation.
(d) The middle-aged woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jaromil not speak to the cashier when she leaves the store?

2. Which famous composer's music is played at the blond girl's funeral?

3. Why does Xavier constantly arrive late, no matter where he's going?

4. What is unusual about Xavier's presence at the blond girl's funeral?

5. Why does the blond girl wear a beautiful white dress to the dance hall?

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