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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. 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.

2. Why does Maman push away her husband's hand when he wants to make love?
(a) She wants to punish him for humiliating her.
(b) She wants him to apologize for humiliating her.
(c) She knows that she no longer loves him.
(d) She suspects that he was cheating.

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

4. Why does the artist begin loaning books to Jaromil?
(a) He wants Jaromil to think that he is very smart.
(b) So that Maman will be unafraid to read them.
(c) He wants to expand Jaromil's knowledge of art.
(d) So that Jaromil will study in his spare time.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first time Jaromil's words save him from punishment?

2. According to Maman, where was the poet conceived?

3. How does Jaromil's father prepare for leaving home several days at a time on business trips?

4. What is the artist's opinion about Jaromil's drawings of headless women?

5. How do Jaromil and Maman reach the lake resort?

(see the answer key)

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