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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 the border to the Ukraine.
(b) At his mother's apartment.
(c) At Zdena's apartment.
(d) At Zdena's country estate.

2. Who is waiting for Mirek when he arrives back home?
(a) The police.
(b) Zdena.
(c) His best friend.
(d) His mother.

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

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

5. What do the police find?
(a) The letters that Mirek kept between colleagues and friends.
(b) A baggie of drugs.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Some illegal weapons.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom does Mirek lie about the reasons he becomes involved with Zdena?

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

4. In what is Mirek reveling?

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

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