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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. What does Jaromil hang on the wall in his room?
(a) A portrait of his mother.
(b) His parents' wedding picture.
(c) A portrait of Karl Marx.
(d) A portrait of his father.

2. In confiding to Jaromil, what does Maman say is her greatest love?
(a) Her son.
(b) Literature.
(c) Family life and stability.
(d) Her husband.

3. In desperation for a response, what does Jaromil mail to the famous poet?
(a) His own long poem written in the poet's most recent book.
(b) A twenty-page letter.
(c) Twenty telephone receivers.
(d) A grey striped dove.

4. Why has the middle-aged man arranged signals with the people who visit him?
(a) He hates to be surprised by visitors.
(b) He does not trust that the person at the door is a friend.
(c) He likes to pretend that he is part of a covert operation.
(d) He is a spy and needs to know who is visiting.

5. How do Jaromil and Maman reach the lake resort?
(a) By car.
(b) By train and buggy.
(c) By walking.
(d) By train.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Xavier stay in the woman's room when her husband comes home?

2. After the girl rejects the man's caresses, what does she wish he were?

3. What is the highest point of happiness which Jaromil reaches so far in his life?

4. What does the theme of the long poem reveal about Jaromil's thoughts?

5. Why does the artist begin loaning books to Jaromil?

(see the answer key)

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