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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. Why does Jaromil wait to show his poetry to the university girl?
(a) He hopes she will show him some of her art first.
(b) He wants to show it to her when it's published.
(c) He wants to show her the long poem when it is finished.
(d) Maman has told him none of it is good enough to show to the girl.

2. Returning home from the police station, what does Jaromil find?
(a) An invitation from the cinematographer to attend a party.
(b) A letter from his uncle who was sent to prison several years earlier.
(c) A letter from the redhead breaking up with him.
(d) A letter of praise from the janitor's son about his poetry.

3. Symbolically, what role does Maman want to play in Jaromil's life?
(a) A large meadow.
(b) A guardian angel.
(c) The source of eternal light.
(d) An all-encompassing embrace.

4. When the redhead is fifteen minutes late, what is the first excuse she gives Jaromil?
(a) She was with her mother in the hospital.
(b) She was spending a few minutes with her brother.
(c) She was with a girlfriend who was breaking up with her fiancé.
(d) She was making love to another man.

5. What does the theme of the long poem reveal about Jaromil's thoughts?
(a) He is afraid he will never find true love.
(b) He is obsessed with a woman's body.
(c) He longs for death.
(d) He is afraid of a woman's body.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "Epitaph," how does Jaromil wish to die?

2. While walking with the redhead one day, whom does Jaromil see?

3. Why does Jaromil agree to read in the presentation of poets?

4. What is the redhead's perception of Jaromil's interest in her?

5. Why does the brunette leave Prague?

(see the answer key)

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