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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 7: The Poet Dies, pp. 289-307.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is most upset that the bus stop was moved two blocks away from the villa?
(a) The middle-aged woman.
(b) The pretty cinematographer.
(c) The organizer of the poetry recitation.
(d) The man with the wooden leg.

2. What does the theme of the long poem reveal about Jaromil's thoughts?
(a) He is afraid he will never find true love.
(b) He is obsessed with a woman's body.
(c) He is afraid of a woman's body.
(d) He longs for death.

3. During the filming, how does Maman push Jaromil back into the role of a young child?
(a) By telling embarrassing stories of his childhood.
(b) By calling him pet names.
(c) By reminding him of immature ideas he used to believe.
(d) By calling him her little troublemaker.

4. Why does the newspaper editor not want to publish Jaromil's poems?
(a) The editor thinks they are poorly written.
(b) The editor disagrees with Jaromil's Marxist beliefs which are expressed in several poems.
(c) The newspaper gets submissions from a dozen new poets a day.
(d) Jaromil is rude when he asks about the poems he had submitted.

5. What does Xavier find most compelling about the woman in the house?
(a) Her hands.
(b) Her eyes.
(c) Her hair.
(d) Her breasts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Jaromil's uncle?

2. What does Jaromil think is the quintessential surrealist object?

3. According to Maman, where was the poet conceived?

4. After the girl rejects the man's caresses, what does she wish he were?

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

(see the answer key)

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