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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Chaps. 6-11, pp. 27- 62.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Jaromil poetically compare Magda?
(a) Earth and stability.
(b) Fire and passion.
(c) Water and sorrow.
(d) Ice and cruelty.

2. What does Maman do with the books that the artist loans her?
(a) Reads them openly as a sign of her new love.
(b) Does not read them.
(c) Reads them secretly for fear that Jaromil will recognize them.
(d) Asks Jaromil to read them so she doesn't have to.

3. What pleased the artist the most about Jaromil's drawings?
(a) The amount of time and care that went into them.
(b) Jaromil's own modesty when presenting them.
(c) The high degree of talent which they exhibited.
(d) The original inner world that they revealed.

4. What is the artist's opinion about Jaromil's drawings of headless women?
(a) Jaromil does not have enough talent to draw portraits.
(b) The environments of the pictures do not acknowledge humanity.
(c) Jaromil does not acknowledge humanity.
(d) Jaromil's drawings reflect a fear of women.

5. What is the first time Jaromil's words save him from punishment?
(a) When he began reciting the encyclopedia.
(b) When he yelled in a trochee speech pattern.
(c) When he used adult vocabulary at a young age.
(d) When his insult was a rhyme.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jaromil see as the sign that his verses have true power?

2. When do Jaromil's parents redecorate his room?

3. What night does Magda take her bath?

4. Why does Maman weep as the artist makes love to her?

5. How does Maman view her love for the young engineer?

(see the answer key)

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