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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: The Poet is Jealous, Chaps. 1-3, pp. 185-204.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the silver-haired poet's attitude toward the poetry reading in the auditorium?
(a) He is too good for the young people who have gathered.
(b) He is a young person moving toward the future.
(c) He is grateful to Marxism for bringing such disparate people together.
(d) He deserves to be honored for his poetic achievements.

2. While kissing the old woman, why does Xavier turn on the light?
(a) He wants to take away the old woman's shame in her withered body.
(b) He does not want to lose sight of the blond girl.
(c) He wants to block out all sight of the blond girl.
(d) He wants to show off for the blond girl.

3. What kind of verbs does Jaromil love?
(a) Complicated verbs related to the emotions.
(b) Verbs that describe the power of the future.
(c) Verbs that are related to love.
(d) Simple verbs that describe one motion.

4. What does Maman do with the books that the artist loans her?
(a) Does not read them.
(b) Asks Jaromil to read them so she doesn't have to.
(c) Reads them secretly for fear that Jaromil will recognize them.
(d) Reads them openly as a sign of her new love.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Part 4, Chapter 1 begins with an anecdote about which poet?

2. What does the redhead claim that she did when she had a doctor's appointment?

3. What is the redhead's reaction to Jaromil's poetry printed in the newspaper?

4. Why is Jaromil jealous of the redhead?

5. Why does Maman take her husband's picture off the wall?

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