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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. Why does Jaromil not speak to the cashier when she leaves the store?
(a) He does not have enough courage to approach her.
(b) He prefers to walk next to her silently.
(c) She is always with another girl.
(d) She is always with a man.

2. Why is Jaromil jealous of the redhead?
(a) He suspects that she is cheating.
(b) She will not tell him where she got the flowers on the table.
(c) She receives letters from a man he does not know.
(d) Because her doctor sees her body.

3. What kind of verbs does Jaromil love?
(a) Complicated verbs related to the emotions.
(b) Verbs that describe the power of the future.
(c) Verbs that are related to love.
(d) Simple verbs that describe one motion.

4. Why does the blond girl wear a beautiful white dress to the dance hall?
(a) It is her wedding dress.
(b) She wants Xavier to notice her.
(c) She wants to personify the snow.
(d) She wants to attract attention from the boys around her.

5. Why does Jaromil write so many poems about women's bodies?
(a) He is obsessed with how women's bodies look.
(b) The body is beyond the reach of his understanding.
(c) He wants to immortalize the body of his first lover.
(d) He wants to establish himself as a romantic poet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Jaromil especially proud of the slogan "No churches"?

2. With whom does the famous poet appear on the street?

3. According to Kundera, what is "tenderness"?

4. Why does Maman want to return to her relationship with the artist?

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

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