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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. What is the phrase Kundera's father says to everything after he loses his memory?
(a) That's great.
(b) Stranger things have happened.
(c) That's strange.
(d) Strange that it is true.

2. How do Karel and Eva conspire?
(a) To get Marketa to think that she wants to leave Karel.
(b) To leave Marketa and take Karel and Marketa's life savings.
(c) To make it look as though Marketa is the first to meet Eva.
(d) To get Marketa to allow his mother to live with them.

3. What language is the word litost?
(a) German.
(b) Czech.
(c) Russian.
(d) Polish.

4. What does Hugo do after sleeping with Tamina?
(a) Tells her he is leaving the country.
(b) Goes back on his promise to go to Prague.
(c) Tells her he is married.
(d) Asks her if she will marry him.

5. To what year does the story next flash forward?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1951.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mirek feel when he and Zdena break up their relationship?

2. How does Hubl say you can "liquidate its people"?

3. What does Eva want?

4. What do Eva, Marketa and Karel frequently do?

5. Why is Tamina thought to be a good listener?

(see the answer key)

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