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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) Ice and cruelty.
(b) Earth and stability.
(c) Water and sorrow.
(d) Fire and passion.

2. Why does Jaromil not react to the words his mother painted for his room redecoration?
(a) He is embarrassed to show how proud he is of them.
(b) He does not recognize that the words are his.
(c) He is amazed that his words have their own significance.
(d) He is ashamed that she used his own words.

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

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

5. Where does Jaromil show off opinions about education which he heard from his grandfather?
(a) At the doctor's office.
(b) At a friend's house.
(c) During school.
(d) At the dentist's office.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What justification does Maman give herself for her initial infidelity?

3. Who was Jaromil's first and greatest friend?

4. Why does the artist begin loaning books to Jaromil?

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

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