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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Eva, Marketa and Karel frequently do?
(a) Plan political rallies.
(b) Have sex together.
(c) Go skiing.
(d) Attend the theater together.

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

3. What does Mama forget?
(a) To cook the pasta.
(b) To pack her pajamas.
(c) The last line of the poem.
(d) To bring her toothbrush.

4. How do Marketa and Eva get along at first?
(a) They think the other one is too radical.
(b) They don't think they like each other.
(c) They feel competitive with each other.
(d) They are instantly friends.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Marketa begin to write her mother-in-law?

2. Where does Mirek arrive?

3. What does Marketa not know about Eva and Karel?

4. Why does Mirek initially become involved with Zdena?

5. What does Mama later say about Eva?

(see the answer key)

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