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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. In looking at the Apollo statue, what does Maman hope?
(a) That her son will resemble the god rather than his human father.
(b) That the gods will treat her child favorably.
(c) That Apollo will protect her son from the world.
(d) That her son will inherit the god's divine attributes.

2. Why does Maman weep as the artist makes love to her?
(a) She equates him to the Apollo statue, which she had wanted to be the model of Jaromil's personality.
(b) She knows that she is nothing more than the canvas for his ideas.
(c) She is sad that she will never marry him.
(d) She is finally ashamed of the affair.

3. What does Xavier find most compelling about the woman in the house?
(a) Her hands.
(b) Her eyes.
(c) Her breasts.
(d) Her hair.

4. Why does Xavier leave the beautiful woman?
(a) His life is much more difficult than she can ever bear.
(b) He no longer loves her.
(c) The world becomes even more beautiful because it came at the cost of her love.
(d) He loves her but not enough to fight her husband for her.

5. What happens as Maman sees her son's physicality?
(a) She begins to question her sexuality.
(b) She begins to accept her own physicality.
(c) She becomes even more revolted by physicality.
(d) Her tenderness increases.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Xavier constantly arrive late, no matter where he's going?

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

4. Why does Maman welcome her pregnancy?

5. What do Jaromil's classmates find most irritating about him?

(see the answer key)

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