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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: Chaps. 9-11, pp. 242-266.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do Jaromil's parents redecorate his room?
(a) The night before his sixth birthday.
(b) The day after his grandpa's funeral.
(c) The day before Christmas when he is six.
(d) The night before his fifth birthday.

2. What classic womanly question does the university girl ask Jaromil?
(a) If she looks fat in her dress.
(b) If he will love her forever.
(c) How many kids he wants.
(d) If she looks better clothed or unclothed.

3. Why is there silence at the beginning of the question-and-answer time following the recitation?
(a) Everyone is respectfully waiting for the silver-haired poet to speak first.
(b) No one cares about the poems enough to ask questions.
(c) The poets are professional and know what the questions will be.
(d) No one knows how to begin.

4. Why does Maman welcome her pregnancy?
(a) She sees it as the final step of independence from her parents.
(b) She thinks perhaps her husband will truly love her.
(c) She sees the family as a trio filling the universe.
(d) She has always wanted to be a mother.

5. How does the old poet describe the cinematographer and Jaromil?
(a) As stars in the lonely sky.
(b) As ill-fated lovers.
(c) As princess and prince of the evening.
(d) As the sole hope for the future.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the train, why does Xavier avoid his Latin professor?

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

3. When does Jaromil's anger toward the girl at last subside?

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

5. What happens during the second half of Jaromil's poetry recitation?

(see the answer key)

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