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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 does Jaromil see as the sign that his verses have true power?
(a) The poems' ability to stand on their own as independent works.
(b) The artist's enthusiastic reaction.
(c) His own thrill at the sounds of the words.
(d) The emotion on his mother's face when she reads them.

2. According to Maman, where was the poet conceived?
(a) In the apartment of the father's colleague.
(b) In her apartment.
(c) In the countryside near Prague.
(d) On a park bench.

3. How does Maman view her love for the young engineer?
(a) As a revolt against her parents' prosaic lives.
(b) As a passing fling.
(c) As her life's consuming passion.
(d) As the preface for the love for her child.

4. What justification does Maman give herself for her initial infidelity?
(a) Lust.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Innocence.
(d) Anger.

5. How do Jaromil and Maman reach the lake resort?
(a) By train.
(b) By car.
(c) By walking.
(d) By train and buggy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maman do with the books that the artist loans her?

2. Why does Jaromil begin taking lesson from the art teacher?

3. Who or what is the real source of Jaromil's poetic inspiration?

4. What pleased the artist the most about Jaromil's drawings?

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

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