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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. What are the four students singing about while on the train?
(a) A summer storm.
(b) Their train ride.
(c) A dead canary.
(d) The skiing holiday.

2. Why does the artist paint two X's on Maman's face?
(a) To show his cancellation of humanity.
(b) So that her original existence means nothing.
(c) So that he can recreate her.
(d) To illustrate his secret hatred of women.

3. What does Jaromil think is the quintessential surrealist object?
(a) The statue of Apollo.
(b) His mother's light blue perfume bottle.
(c) The chair leg if seen by itself.
(d) The telephone receiver with the dangling cord.

4. Why had Jaromil not known about the film about his life?
(a) Maman was subtly hoping the film would actually be about her.
(b) The cinematographer was not comfortable having Jaromil deeply involved.
(c) He was too caught up in the redhead to notice.
(d) Maman had wanted it to be a surprise.

5. Returning home from the police station, what does Jaromil find?
(a) A letter from the redhead breaking up with him.
(b) A letter of praise from the janitor's son about his poetry.
(c) A letter from his uncle who was sent to prison several years earlier.
(d) An invitation from the cinematographer to attend a party.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Xavier know that there will be no executions the day he hears shots fired?

2. According to the janitor's son, why do policemen like to read poetry?

3. What is Jaromil's criterion for a true poem?

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

5. Why do Jaromil's poems so often include death?

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