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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 dead canary.
(b) Their train ride.
(c) A summer storm.
(d) The skiing holiday.

2. What is the silver-haired poet's attitude toward the poetry reading in the auditorium?
(a) He is too good for the young people who have gathered.
(b) He is grateful to Marxism for bringing such disparate people together.
(c) He deserves to be honored for his poetic achievements.
(d) He is a young person moving toward the future.

3. What is Maman's attitude about her affair?
(a) She does not love the artist but is afraid that if she leaves him, he will refuse to teach Jaromil.
(b) She is hoping to leave her husband for the artist.
(c) She loves the artist and sees the affair as something beautiful.
(d) She does not love the artist but sees the affair as something beautiful.

4. What happens when a classmate asks Jaromil about the redhead?
(a) He refuses to answer the question, out of embarrassment.
(b) He replies that she is a casual acquaintance.
(c) He replies that she is his cousin.
(d) He replies that she is the love of his life.

5. Why does Xavier constantly arrive late, no matter where he's going?
(a) He prefers to tempt fate by not scheduling things very well.
(b) He has always had trouble being punctual.
(c) His watch is always slow.
(d) He feels that a scheduled life is boring and unsurprising.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Xavier take as an invitation to enter the house?

2. What happens to Jaromil's uncle?

3. How does the old poet describe the cinematographer and Jaromil?

4. How does the film begin?

5. While watching the beautiful cinematographer on the bus, what does Jaromil realize?

(see the answer key)

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