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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: The Poet on the Run, pp. 161-181.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What classic womanly question does the university girl ask Jaromil?
(a) If he will love her forever.
(b) If she looks fat in her dress.
(c) How many kids he wants.
(d) If she looks better clothed or unclothed.
2. What sacred contract does Maman feel that Jaromil is violating?
(a) His loyalty to her over all other women.
(b) His trust and confidence in her without shame.
(c) His loyalty to her over his father.
(d) His original, baby-like innocence.
3. Why is Jaromil especially proud of the slogan "No churches"?
(a) He hates the idea of God.
(b) The statement erases two thousand years of history.
(c) Church reminds him of his mother.
(d) The youth of today do not need to be burdened by religion.
4. What idea about poetry does the artist's chastisement cause in Jaromil's mind?
(a) That he is an imposter in the world of poetry.
(b) That he is talented and has great potential for success.
(c) That he is a worthless poet and will not succeed.
(d) That he had been chosen to be the instrument of the poetic ideal.
5. In the opinion of Jaromil's uncle, why did the revolution occur?
(a) So that the new era of humanity could begin.
(b) So that the capitalist swine would be overthrown.
(c) So the Communists could finally become a powerful political party.
(d) So the Communists could seize what little power they did not already have.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Xavier do with the husband after his presence is discovered?
2. What does the theme of the long poem reveal about Jaromil's thoughts?
3. As the story reveals, what is in store for the famous poet?
4. What does Jaromil think is the quintessential surrealist object?
5. What pleased the artist the most about Jaromil's drawings?
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