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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 the highest point of happiness which Jaromil reaches so far in his life?
(a) The reconciliation with his mother after their fight.
(b) His father's memorial service as a war hero.
(c) A girl resting her head on his shoulder.
(d) Sleeping with the girl he met at dancing class.

2. Why does Jaromil write so many poems about women's bodies?
(a) He is obsessed with how women's bodies look.
(b) He wants to establish himself as a romantic poet.
(c) The body is beyond the reach of his understanding.
(d) He wants to immortalize the body of his first lover.

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 poems' ability to stand on their own as independent works.
(c) The artist's enthusiastic reaction.
(d) His own thrill at the sounds of the words.

4. What do Jaromil's classmates find most irritating about him?
(a) He does not join in any of their games.
(b) He received more Christmas presents than any of them did.
(c) Mother love clings to everything he has.
(d) He has more money than they do.

5. To what does Jaromil poetically compare Magda?
(a) Earth and stability.
(b) Fire and passion.
(c) Ice and cruelty.
(d) Water and sorrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jaromil go to the beach with Maman and her friends?

2. Why does Jaromil not react to the words his mother painted for his room redecoration?

3. What is Xavier's first impression of the woman in the house?

4. According to Maman, where was the poet conceived?

5. What was the dramatic action that led to the kiss between Jaromil and the university girl?

(see the answer key)

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