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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 is 1949 an interesting year for Czech youth?
(a) They have destroyed the past but have no future.
(b) Their Marxist ideas are taking hold more quickly than they ever expected.
(c) Their jubilance is both voluntary and mandatory.
(d) They have no idea how to implement their ideas for the future.

2. Why is Jaromil especially proud of the slogan "No churches"?
(a) He hates the idea of God.
(b) Church reminds him of his mother.
(c) The youth of today do not need to be burdened by religion.
(d) The statement erases two thousand years of history.

3. What boosts Jaromil's confidence before the poetry reading at the police academy?
(a) He is the youngest and therefore the face of the future.
(b) Maman recently praised him for his poetry.
(c) Five of his poems were recently published.
(d) The janitor's son has complete assurance in his poetic ability.

4. Why is Jaromil filled with pride after sleeping with the redhead girl?
(a) She relieved him of his virginity.
(b) She thinks he is experienced.
(c) She is strikingly beautiful.
(d) She does not ask questions about his inexperience.

5. While Jaromil is answering questions about love and socialism, what is he most conscious of?
(a) Maman's imagined disappointment over his answers.
(b) The fact that he is only reciting the words of his artist teacher.
(c) The presence of the silver-haired poet.
(d) Dark eyes watching him from the audience.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Jaromil hang on the wall in his room?

3. In the philosophy auditorium, what is the subject of the first poem recited?

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

5. In the cinematographer's apartment, what happens?

(see the answer key)

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