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

2. What does Jaromil do when the redhead catches him staring through her apartment window?
(a) Runs away.
(b) Brings her flowers.
(c) Knocks on her door.
(d) Keeps staring unabashedly.

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

4. Where does Xavier usually go when he skips school?
(a) The Charles Bridge.
(b) To his girlfriend's house.
(c) The Andrews Bridge.
(d) The yellow house.

5. When does Jaromil feel that the girl belongs to him completely?
(a) When he writes a poem about her.
(b) When his hands are around her neck.
(c) When she lets him undress her.
(d) When she swears to love him forever.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Maman mourn her husband's death?

2. Who was the first man the redheaded girl slept with?

3. What is the redhead's reaction to Jaromil's poetry printed in the newspaper?

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

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

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