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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. Why had Jaromil not known about the film about his life?
2. What happens to Jaromil's uncle?
3. While walking with the redhead one day, whom does Jaromil see?
4. When the redhead is fifteen minutes late, what is the first excuse she gives Jaromil?
5. What does Lermontov assert is the highest quality in life?
Short Essay Questions
1. Near the end of the book, Xavier betrays Jaromil by leaving him behind. What is the significance of this scene?
2. What arguments do Jaromil and the redhead have concerning their families? How does this illustrate Jaromil's juvenile mindset?
3. "History does not always make a dramatic entrance, it often seeps through every-day life like dirty dishwater. In our story, History makes its appearance in the guise of underwear" (Part 5, Chapter 8, pg 239). What does this mean in the context of Jaromil's story?
4. After not sleeping with the cinematographer, Jaromil considers his underwear for a long time, in light of the women involved. What does he decide? How does this single piece of clothing drive so much of what he does?
5. When Jaromil is angry at the redhead for being fifteen minutes late, what change ensues in their relationship? How does this mark a turning point in Jaromil's development as a person?
6. Why does Jaromil want to undress the redhead? How does this show his inadequate understanding of relationships?
7. In planning the documentary about Jaromil's life, what do Maman and Jaromil reveal about themselves? What do they reveal about their relationship?
8. How is the girl a different person from when she went into the prison? How is she more like Jaromil had been?
9. During the party at the cinematography girl's apartment, how does Jaromil's clothing reflect his state of mind?
10. What are Jaromil's hopes for the two women in his life? What does this show about his understanding of both women?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Find examples of older people in love with younger. How does this fit the Freudian theme of Jaromil with his mother? What is the significance in the fact that Xavier cannot undress the old woman?
Essay Topic 2
What is the setting of the novel? How does this establish the story? How might the story be different in another setting?
Essay Topic 3
What is the purpose of Part 6? Is it helpful to be drawn out of Jaromil's life for a brief time? How far away from Jaromil is the reader actually drawn? What literary advantages does this section of the book have: propel the action forward, reveal characters, create a foil, or something else?
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