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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Mama.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Kundera remember a number of historical events happening?
(a) Russia and Bohemia.
(b) Bohemia and the Czech Republic.
(c) Czech Republic and Ukraine.
(d) Bohemia and Ukraine.

2. Why does Mama get embarrassed?
(a) The others think the poem is dumb.
(b) Because Karel corrects her.
(c) The others think the poem is incomprehensible.
(d) Because Marketa corrects her.

3. When did Marketa dislike her mother-in-law?
(a) When Marketa and Karel lived with his parents.
(b) Never.
(c) When the mother-in-law lived with them after her husband dies.
(d) When her mother-in-law used to try to control how the grandchildren were raised.

4. What happens when Mirek stops to have his car checked?
(a) The transmission is no good.
(b) His tire is flat and can't be replaced.
(c) He learns he has a blown head gasket.
(d) The attendant is not happy about serving him.

5. What does Karel do on the phone?
(a) Arrange another sexual liaison.
(b) Talk to his publisher.
(c) Talk to Eva's husband.
(d) Call a nursing home for his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrives while the mother-in-law is still there?

2. Why does Mirek initially become involved with Zdena?

3. What does Mama remember when they are all together?

4. Where does Eva meet Marketa?

5. How do Marketa and Eva get along at first?

(see the answer key)

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