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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Xavier, pp. 65-89.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Xavier do with the husband after his presence is discovered?
(a) Pushes the husband out the three-story window.
(b) Beats him up so that he loses consciousness.
(c) Pushes the husband into the wardrobe and locks it.
(d) Wrestles the husband to the ground and ties his hands.

3. What night does Magda take her bath?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Saturday.

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

5. What is Jaromil's criterion for a true poem?
(a) It must sound poetic when it is recited.
(b) It must be able to stand apart from other poems.
(c) It must be read by someone other than the author.
(d) It must have an established form.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Jaromil's drawings favor dogs?

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

3. How does Maman have complete control of her son?

4. How does Xavier know that there will be no executions the day he hears shots fired?

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

(see the answer key)

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