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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting Quiz

Milan Kundera
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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting Quiz

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1)

What is the tone of the play RHINOCEROS? (from Part III: The Angels)

Farcical.
Intense sexuality.
Religious fervor.
Mockery and playfulness.
2)

What does the woman on the train do? (from Part VII: The Border)

Tells Jan to bug off.
Invites Jan to her house later.
Slaps Jan.
Tells Jan she is married.
3)

Why is Kundera asked to leave the ring? (from Part III: The Angels)

For saying the wrong thing.
For being clumsy.
Because he told their secrets.
He does not know why.
4)

What happens to the person after the astrological reading? (from Part III: The Angels)

The person commits suicide.
The person has Kundera arrested.
The person defects to the West.
The person becomes nicer and softer.
5)

Why do Michelle and Gabrielle start to cry? (from Part III: The Angels)

They fall when trying to dance.
They get in the way of some falling debris.
They are kicked.
They are laughed at.
6)

What is Tamina not doing? (from Part IV: Lost Letters)

Thinking of her children.
Trying to create a present or future for herself.
Staying in touch with her husband in prison.
Taking care of herself.
7)

Why does Jan decide not to flirt with a woman on the train? (from Part VII: The Border)

She is not that pretty.
He is too tired.
She seems too aggressive.
The novelty and spontaneity is no longer there for Jan as regards that type of behaior.
8)

To whose home does Jan go? (from Part VII: The Border)

Mirek.
Zdena.
Barbara.
Hanna.
9)

What is the only picture Tamina has of her husband? (from Part IV: Lost Letters)

A picture of him when he is 12.
A baby picture.
She has no pictures of him.
His passport photo.
10)

After leaving the ring, what does Kundera do? (from Part III: The Angels)

He moves to the USSR.
He defects to Britian.
He wanders the streets outside of the rings of celebrants.
He moves to Budapest.
11)

What happens to Hubl after his comments? (from Part VI: The Angels)

He defects.
He is made Minister of Justice.
He is assassinated.
He is jailed six months later.
12)

Why does Hugo take Tamina to the zoo? (from Part IV: Lost Letters)

To impress her.
To teach her about drawing birds.
To show her a new monkey species that was found.
To show her a new exhibit he had planned.
13)

Where does Kundera meet his former boss? (from Part III: The Angels)

At the fish market.
At a secret apartment.
In the underground tunnels near the square.
At the wharf.
14)

What finally happens to Tamina? (from Part VI: The Angels)

She drowns.
She is hung by the children who keep losing to her team.
She becomes the oldest of the elderly woman there.
She dies in her sleep naturally.
15)

What was happening in 1948 in Kundera's life? (from Part III: The Angels)

He begins to doubt the efficacy of communism.
His wife dies in childbirth.
He learns he has leukemia.
He is involved in the political parties of his time and "danced in a ring."
16)

How is the student when he returns to his Writer's Club? (from Part V: Litost)

Fully immersed in his litost.
Feeling rejected.
Full of inspiration.
Feeling really great.
17)

What does Tamina do one day? (from Part VI: The Angels)

Tries to swim away from the island.
Teaches the children how to talk.
Kills the biggest boy in the group.
Takes over an entire dorm room.
18)

When Kristyna arrives, where is the student? (from Part V: Litost)

With a friend at a pub.
He is in his apartment waiting for Kristyna.
In class with someone referred to as Voltaire.
He is in prison for distributing propaganda against the state.
19)

What is one of the happiest moments of Passer's life? (from Part VII: The Border)

When his book is on the best seller's list.
The time he spends with Hanna.
When he is awarded a lifetime achievement medal.
When Hanna says she will marry him.
20)

What happens to an errant hat? (from Part VII: The Border)

It is crushed on the train tracks.
The wind blows it and it lands on Passer's coffin.
It lands on the river and drifts with the current.
It is accidentally given to the thrift store.
21)

What does Tamina try to recreate? (from Part IV: Lost Letters)

The scene where her husband is arrested.
The last day of her husband's life.
A safe home for the children.
The notebooks filled with their past and love letters or even his face.
22)

How does the student feel as he returns home? (from Part V: Litost)

Fully restored.
Inferior.
Confused.
Dejected.
23)

What is graphomania? (from Part IV: Lost Letters)

A way of writing in cuneiform.
The way they illustrate comics.
The obsessive drive to write a book.
The need for the perfect pen.
24)

How is the student recognized? (from Part V: Litost)

As a fake.
As an artist.
As a poet.
As a student; that's all.
25)

What is Kundera hired to write for a political magazine? (from Part III: The Angels)

An astrology column.
A vitrolic response to Voice of America.
A political pundit column.
The truth.
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