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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: Chaps. 9-11, pp. 242-266.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jaromil treat his dates with girls?
(a) As exercises in conversation.
(b) As rites of passage necessary for manhood.
(c) As uncomfortable times he must endure.
(d) As the potential for sexual activity.

2. What is the redhead's perception of Jaromil's interest in her?
(a) It is his destiny to be with her.
(b) He is interested in her only because the brunette is gone.
(c) He has been interested in her a long time and used to wait for her outside the store.
(d) He has been interested in her ever since she caught him staring in her window.

3. Symbolically, what role does Maman want to play in Jaromil's life?
(a) An all-encompassing embrace.
(b) The source of eternal light.
(c) A guardian angel.
(d) A large meadow.

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

5. What does Jaromil draw during his first lesson in the artist's studio?
(a) Lines.
(b) Humans with dogs' heads.
(c) Human faces.
(d) Circles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jaromil's opinion of the redhead's family?

2. When Jaromil and the university girl are kissing in her house, what does Jaromil think about obsessively?

3. How does Maman have complete control of her son?

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

5. What is the highest point of happiness which Jaromil reaches so far in his life?

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