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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. What is the redhead's perception of Jaromil's interest in her?
(a) It is his destiny to be with her.
(b) He has been interested in her a long time and used to wait for her outside the store.
(c) He has been interested in her ever since she caught him staring in her window.
(d) He is interested in her only because the brunette is gone.

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) How will socialism affect their personal lives?
(c) How will socialism affect poetic forms?
(d) Why was the bus stop moved down the road?

3. What does Jaromil hang on the wall in his room?
(a) His parents' wedding picture.
(b) A portrait of Karl Marx.
(c) A portrait of his father.
(d) A portrait of his mother.

4. What is unusual about Xavier's presence at the blond girl's funeral?
(a) He knows nearly half of the other mourners.
(b) He is the only one who knows what caused her death.
(c) He attended the funeral although he did not truly love her.
(d) He is not at all sad that she died.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Xavier do with the husband after his presence is discovered?

2. Why does Xavier leave the beautiful woman?

3. How does Xavier know that there will be no executions the day he hears shots fired?

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

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

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