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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In desperation for a response, what does Jaromil mail to the famous poet?
2. In the philosophy auditorium, what is the subject of the first poem recited?
3. What distinctive piece of clothing does the old woman wear when she dances with Xavier?
4. What pleased the artist the most about Jaromil's drawings?
5. Part 4, Chapter 1 begins with an anecdote about which poet?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Maman angry at Jaromil because of her love life? Is her anger justified?
2. What does Xavier notice most about the woman in the apartment? How does the woman use her eyes?
3. When the Communists stage a coup, Jaromil and his uncle fight about the justice of the action. What does this fight reveal about Jaromil's place in the world, particularly in the political realm?
4. Why is Jaromil attracted to the dark-haired girl? What does this attraction show about his development as a character?
5. What role does Jaromil want the artist to play in his life? How does the artist fall short of these expectations?
6. When Kundera opens the scene of Maman and Jaromil's vacation, he uses many descriptive words and phrases. What effect does this have on the reading of the novel?
7. Why does Xavier leave the woman behind at the end of Part 2?
8. How are Jaromil's university experiences told in the novel? What message does this convey to the reader about the scope of the novel?
9. Who is Jaromil's only school friend? What picture do these two children present?
10. Given the first three paragraphs of Part 2, what leads the reader to believe that this character is Jaromil? What clues tell the reader that it is someone else?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the setting of the novel? How does this establish the story? How might the story be different in another setting?
Essay Topic 2
Does the story of Xavier's time in the yellow house border on the fantastic? What makes the story plausible and what makes it fantastical?
Essay Topic 3
Though the idea of running does not appear until the end of Part III, how is it present throughout the book? How does the desire to run guide many choices that the characters make?
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