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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: The Poet is Jealous, Chaps. 1-3, pp. 185-204.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can only a true poet know?
(a) The desire not to be a poet.
(b) The desire to write a life-changing poem.
(c) The desire to be a part of the world.
(d) The desire to live in a world without mirrors.

2. What is the silver-haired poet's attitude toward the poetry reading in the auditorium?
(a) He deserves to be honored for his poetic achievements.
(b) He is a young person moving toward the future.
(c) He is grateful to Marxism for bringing such disparate people together.
(d) He is too good for the young people who have gathered.

3. When Jaromil has difficulty undressing the redhead, what is the girl wearing?
(a) A thin negligee.
(b) A dress with small black buttons down the back.
(c) A grey dress with a wide collar.
(d) A dress with large white buttons down the front.

4. What makes Maman think that Jaromil is actually becoming like a son of Apollo?
(a) He has begun writing beautiful poems, not poems of death.
(b) He has taken down the picture of his father.
(c) His face is becoming beautiful and godlike rather than coarse.
(d) He values the Greek gods more than passing political trend.

5. Jaromil agonizes over his hair. What kind of hair does he have?
(a) Very curly hair.
(b) Soft, blond hair.
(c) Thin, brown hair.
(d) Dark, thick hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of dog does the art teacher have?

2. Why does Xavier leave the beautiful woman?

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

4. What does Jaromil do when the redhead catches him staring through her apartment window?

5. How does Jaromil's father prepare for leaving home several days at a time on business trips?

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