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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Xavier, pp. 65-89.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first time Jaromil's words save him from punishment?
(a) When his insult was a rhyme.
(b) When he yelled in a trochee speech pattern.
(c) When he began reciting the encyclopedia.
(d) When he used adult vocabulary at a young age.

2. According to the poet's father, where was the poet conceived?
(a) In the mother's apartment.
(b) In the countryside near Prague.
(c) On a park bench.
(d) In the apartment of his colleague.

3. How does Maman view her love for the young engineer?
(a) As a passing fling.
(b) As her life's consuming passion.
(c) As a revolt against her parents' prosaic lives.
(d) As the preface for the love for her child.

4. According to Maman, where was the poet conceived?
(a) In the apartment of the father's colleague.
(b) On a park bench.
(c) In her apartment.
(d) In the countryside near Prague.

5. What is Jaromil's criterion for a true poem?
(a) It must be able to stand apart from other poems.
(b) It must sound poetic when it is recited.
(c) It must have an established form.
(d) It must be read by someone other than the author.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the four students singing about while on the train?

3. What does Xavier take as an invitation to enter the house?

4. What does Xavier find most compelling about the woman in the house?

5. Why does Xavier leave the beautiful woman?

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