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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. How does Xavier know that there will be no executions the day he hears shots fired?
(a) He has not yet given the command for anyone to be executed.
(b) Only one family is being targeted.
(c) He has the list of victims memorized.
(d) The list of victims is in his notebook.

2. How does the old poet describe the cinematographer and Jaromil?
(a) As ill-fated lovers.
(b) As princess and prince of the evening.
(c) As stars in the lonely sky.
(d) As the sole hope for the future.

3. In the philosophy auditorium, what is the subject of the first poem recited?
(a) A group of university students convert the school to Marxism.
(b) A father struggles to provide for his family under Communist rule.
(c) A mother turns away her son because he is not committed to Marxist ideals.
(d) A girl breaks up with her boyfriend because he was lazy on the production line.

4. Why is there silence at the beginning of the question-and-answer time following the recitation?
(a) No one cares about the poems enough to ask questions.
(b) The poets are professional and know what the questions will be.
(c) No one knows how to begin.
(d) Everyone is respectfully waiting for the silver-haired poet to speak first.

5. Why does Jaromil imitate his peers' actions and speech as if he's in a mirror?
(a) He is a year older than they are.
(b) He does not know how to be his own person.
(c) He has very low self-esteem.
(d) He is a year younger than they are.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the four students singing about while on the train?

2. What is the primary reason that Xavier runs into danger ahead of his comrades?

3. What is the silver-haired poet's attitude toward the poetry reading in the auditorium?

4. Why is 1949 an interesting year for Czech youth?

5. According to Jaromil, how do socialism and love interact?

(see the answer key)

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