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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 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.

2. What is Jaromil's criterion for a true poem?
(a) It must sound poetic when it is recited.
(b) It must be able to stand apart from other poems.
(c) It must have an established form.
(d) It must be read by someone other than the author.

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

4. How does Jaromil's father prepare for leaving home several days at a time on business trips?
(a) He makes Maman do his laundry.
(b) Maman cooks for two days ahead so he can take food with him.
(c) He spends time with Jaromil.
(d) He never gives his family warning.

5. Why does Maman weep as the artist makes love to her?
(a) She knows that she is nothing more than the canvas for his ideas.
(b) She is finally ashamed of the affair.
(c) She equates him to the Apollo statue, which she had wanted to be the model of Jaromil's personality.
(d) She is sad that she will never marry him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the redhead claim that she did when she had a doctor's appointment?

2. Why does Xavier leave the beautiful woman?

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

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

5. Why is the famous poet booed by the audience after he reads a poem?

(see the answer key)

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