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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. Where does Mirek arrive?
(a) At Zdena's country estate.
(b) At his mother's apartment.
(c) At Zdena's apartment.
(d) At the border to the Ukraine.

2. Why is Mirek driving to see Zdena?
(a) To kill her.
(b) To ask her to marry him.
(c) To retrieve some old love letters.
(d) To give her a present.

3. What is Klement Gottwald doing?
(a) Sliding down a mountain on skis.
(b) Stepping out on a balcony to make a speech.
(c) Escaping through the mountains.
(d) Crying.

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

5. In what is Mirek reveling?
(a) In the idea of leaving the country.
(b) In knowing now how to best blackmail Zdena.
(c) In the money he manages to get from Zdena.
(d) In his temporary freedom.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the police find?

3. Who addresses the Czech people?

4. To what year does the story next flash forward?

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

(see the answer key)

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