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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: Chaps. 9-11, pp. 242-266.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is there silence at the beginning of the question-and-answer time following the recitation?
(a) Everyone is respectfully waiting for the silver-haired poet to speak first.
(b) No one cares about the poems enough to ask questions.
(c) The poets are professional and know what the questions will be.
(d) No one knows how to begin.

2. Why is 1949 an interesting year for Czech youth?
(a) They have destroyed the past but have no future.
(b) Their Marxist ideas are taking hold more quickly than they ever expected.
(c) They have no idea how to implement their ideas for the future.
(d) Their jubilance is both voluntary and mandatory.

3. Why does Maman push away her husband's hand when he wants to make love?
(a) She knows that she no longer loves him.
(b) She suspects that he was cheating.
(c) She wants to punish him for humiliating her.
(d) She wants him to apologize for humiliating her.

4. What does Jaromil write in his diary about the night he was supposed to lose his virginity?
(a) A detailed account of his emotional state.
(b) A thorough description of the university girl.
(c) Several paragraphs about the essence of becoming a man.
(d) Lots of exclamation marks.

5. In desperation for a response, what does Jaromil mail to the famous poet?
(a) A grey striped dove.
(b) A twenty-page letter.
(c) His own long poem written in the poet's most recent book.
(d) Twenty telephone receivers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jaromil see as the sign that his verses have true power?

2. What is the primary reason that Xavier runs into danger ahead of his comrades?

3. How does the artist show Maman that he is not interested in a relationship with her?

4. The second time that Jaromil does not make love to the university girl, what does she think?

5. Why does Jaromil walk through the world with a feeling of guilt?

(see the answer key)

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