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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 the poet's father, where was the poet conceived?
(a) On a park bench.
(b) In the apartment of his colleague.
(c) In the mother's apartment.
(d) In the countryside near Prague.

2. What are the four students singing about while on the train?
(a) A dead canary.
(b) A summer storm.
(c) The skiing holiday.
(d) Their train ride.

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

4. In confiding to Jaromil, what does Maman say is her greatest love?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Literature.
(c) Family life and stability.
(d) Her son.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Xavier take as an invitation to enter the house?

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

5. Why does Xavier stay in the woman's room when her husband comes home?

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