View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: The Poet Masturbates, Chaps. 1-14, pp.93-114.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Maman shame Jaromil in front of her guests?
(a) Brushes the lint off his trousers.
(b) Combs his hair.
(c) Asks if he's dating a common girl.
(d) Berates him for an untidy bedroom.

2. Where does Xavier usually go when he skips school?
(a) To his girlfriend's house.
(b) The Charles Bridge.
(c) The yellow house.
(d) The Andrews Bridge.

3. What is unusual about Xavier's presence at the blond girl's funeral?
(a) He knows nearly half of the other mourners.
(b) He is not at all sad that she died.
(c) He is the only one who knows what caused her death.
(d) He attended the funeral although he did not truly love her.

4. What puzzles Jaromil about the artist's poetry critiques?
(a) The artist prefers odd poetic forms.
(b) The artist's critique often use French poetic values.
(c) The artist's critiques are inconsistent.
(d) The artist uses words Jaromil doesn't understand.

5. Why does Maman take her husband's picture off the wall?
(a) He had not been involved in the underground resistance.
(b) He had been having an affair with a Jewish girl.
(c) She fell in love with someone else.
(d) He had been complying with the Communist takeover.

Short Answer Questions

1. What justification does Maman give herself for her initial infidelity?

2. What pleased the artist the most about Jaromil's drawings?

3. Why does Maman push away her husband's hand when he wants to make love?

4. Where does Jaromil show off opinions about education which he heard from his grandfather?

5. In confiding to Jaromil, what does Maman say is her greatest love?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 329 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample