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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Lost Letters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mirek initially become involved with Zdena?
(a) His mother and her mother are close friends.
(b) He does not have the confidence to approach a beautiful woman.
(c) She is confident and is going places.
(d) He thought she was terribly witty.

2. What happens when Mirek leaves Zdena's place?
(a) He temporarily loses the men following him in the car.
(b) He goes to borrow a friend's gun.
(c) He calls his mother on his cell phone.
(d) He decides to go and jump off a high bridge.

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

4. What happens to Mirek when he and Zdena break up?
(a) Bad things.
(b) Good things.
(c) He marries someone else.
(d) Nothing.

5. Why does Clementis give Gottwald a fur cap?
(a) To make him look ridiculous.
(b) To make him look like Marketa.
(c) To conceal who he is.
(d) His head is bare and it is very cold.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is waiting for Mirek when he arrives back home?

2. How does Mirek feel about Zdena's advice?

3. What is happening to Mirek's house when he arrives?

4. What will Clementis later be considered?

5. Where does Kundera remember a number of historical events happening?

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