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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chaps. 15-28, pp.114-158.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Maman's attitude about her affair?
(a) She does not love the artist but is afraid that if she leaves him, he will refuse to teach Jaromil.
(b) She does not love the artist but sees the affair as something beautiful.
(c) She is hoping to leave her husband for the artist.
(d) She loves the artist and sees the affair as something beautiful.

2. Why does Jaromil begin taking lesson from the art teacher?
(a) His art was consistently mediocre.
(b) He was tired of drawing people with dogs' heads.
(c) He thought the art teacher would make a good father.
(d) Maman took an interest in the art teacher.

3. What does Jaromil write in his diary about the night he was supposed to lose his virginity?
(a) A thorough description of the university girl.
(b) Lots of exclamation marks.
(c) Several paragraphs about the essence of becoming a man.
(d) A detailed account of his emotional state.

4. In Part III, Chapter 19, how does Jaromil get a fever?
(a) He stands on the balcony of a girl's apartment in the snow.
(b) He takes a walk around the snowy town without wearing winter clothes.
(c) He sits on a park bench with the university girl.
(d) He visits the university girl when she is sick.

5. What is Xavier's first impression of the woman in the house?
(a) Melancholy.
(b) Contentment.
(c) Tiredness.
(d) Happiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jaromil and the university girl are kissing in her house, what does Jaromil think about obsessively?

2. Which famous composer's music is played at the blond girl's funeral?

3. Why does Maman welcome her pregnancy?

4. To what does Jaromil poetically compare Magda?

5. How does Xavier use sleep?

(see the answer key)

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