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

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

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

4. Which famous composer's music is played at the blond girl's funeral?
(a) Beethoven's.
(b) Mozart's.
(c) Bach's.
(d) Chopin's.

5. What happens during the second half of Jaromil's poetry recitation?
(a) The audience gives him a standing ovation so he has to stop reading.
(b) He loses his place on the page and becomes flustered.
(c) The pretty cinematographer throws a rose to him.
(d) Lights come on and a camera starts rolling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Xavier's first impression of the woman in the house?

2. Why does Xavier stay in the woman's room when her husband comes home?

3. Why does the brunette leave Prague?

4. What does Xavier find most compelling about the woman in the house?

5. Part 4, Chapter 1 begins with an anecdote about which poet?

(see the answer key)

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