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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 7: The Poet Dies, pp. 289-307.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the girl rejects the man's caresses, what does she wish he were?
(a) A dog, preferably small.
(b) A very young child.
(c) A very old man or woman.
(d) Dead.

2. 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 her the long poem when it is finished.
(c) He wants to show it to her when it's published.
(d) Maman has told him none of it is good enough to show to the girl.

3. What is the last thing Jaromil ever sees?
(a) Great fear in his mother's face.
(b) His hand lying on the quilt.
(c) His father's portrait.
(d) Love in his mother's face.

4. How does Jaromil feel after talking to the police about the redhead's brother?
(a) Afraid for the train of events he has started.
(b) Confident and more decisive.
(c) Emotionally shaken.
(d) Eager to help the state.

5. While Jaromil is talking with the redhead about love, how does death enter the conversation?
(a) When she swore she could not live without him.
(b) When she threatens to kill herself if he ever leaves her.
(c) When they promise to be die together in suicide.
(d) When he threatens to kill her if she ever leaves him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What boosts Jaromil's confidence before the poetry reading at the police academy?

2. In Kundera's example, what will happen to the poet if he steps outside his mirrored domain?

3. How does Maman destroy the intimacy between Jaromil and herself?

4. What happens when a classmate asks Jaromil about the redhead?

5. What does Lermontov assert is the highest quality in life?

(see the answer key)

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