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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. Why is Jaromil filled with pride after sleeping with the redhead girl?
(a) She thinks he is experienced.
(b) She relieved him of his virginity.
(c) She is strikingly beautiful.
(d) She does not ask questions about his inexperience.

2. What does Jaromil draw during his first lesson in the artist's studio?
(a) Circles.
(b) Lines.
(c) Humans with dogs' heads.
(d) Human faces.

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

4. What happens during the second half of Jaromil's poetry recitation?
(a) Lights come on and a camera starts rolling.
(b) He loses his place on the page and becomes flustered.
(c) The audience gives him a standing ovation so he has to stop reading.
(d) The pretty cinematographer throws a rose to him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is there silence at the beginning of the question-and-answer time following the recitation?

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

3. What idea about poetry does the artist's chastisement cause in Jaromil's mind?

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

5. What classic womanly question does the university girl ask Jaromil?

(see the answer key)

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