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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part VI: The Angels.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Tamina?
(a) She is a secondary character and a cousin to Kundera.
(b) We are never told anything about her.
(c) She is Kundera's second wife.
(d) She is one of the two or three fictionalized characters that Kundera assumes are born every second on earth.

2. What does Tamina think the ostriches are doing?
(a) Asking for mercy.
(b) Warning her.
(c) Teaching her.
(d) Laughing at her.

3. Where does Tamina work?
(a) As a nanny to one of the big Communist Bosses.
(b) As a secretary to the Minister of Justice.
(c) As a waitress at a cafe.
(d) We are not told.

4. Who is Banaka?
(a) A local novelist.
(b) The foreman at the factory where Bibi works.
(c) A local crime boss.
(d) Bibi's uncle.

5. When did Mama learn the poem?
(a) In high school.
(b) She does not remember.
(c) In college.
(d) When she is a young girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Tamina and her husband are abroad?

2. What happens to Kundera's father about the same time as what happens to Hubl?

3. What does Mama start to doubt?

4. What does Karel do on the phone?

5. What upsets Marketa about her mother-in-law?

(see the answer key)

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